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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
America's Health Rankings: Hawaii #1
By News Release @ 12:39 AM :: 5085 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

In Hawaii, 48.2 percent of adults aged 25 years and older with at least a high school education report their health is very good or excellent compared to only 28.0 percent with less than a high school education....

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
State Releases 2014 Health Insurance Premiums Comparison Sheet
By News Release @ 8:09 PM :: 5067 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...a health insurance premium sheet that will give consumers a better idea of what a new 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan will cost compared to their existing 2013 health plan....

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Insurance Division Updates Affordable Care Act Overview
By News Release @ 8:01 PM :: 3570 Views :: Health Care

On November 14, 2013, President Obama announced that States could decide whether to allow small group and individual health insurance policies existing on Oct. 1, 2013 to be renewed for a policy year starting between January 1, 2014 and October 1, 2014....

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Tom Matsuda Officially Begins As Interim Executive Director
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 5567 Views :: Health Care

Matsuda resigned his post as Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation manager in the Governor’s office on Friday, Dec. 6....

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
ACA: What to Expect for 2014
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 3605 Views :: Health Care

A summary of changes coming up as a result of the Affordable Care Act in 2014....

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
HAH: Hawaii Long Term Care Providers Improve Quality
By News Release @ 3:15 AM :: 4344 Views :: Health Care

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) praised a select group of local, long term care member providers for their achievement....

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Monday, December 9, 2013
Hawaii Praised for Stealing Less than Half of Tobacco Settlement Funds
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 5035 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Fifteen years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Hawaii ranks 5th in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking....

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Monday, December 9, 2013
Hawaii Health Exchange Vulnerable to Wi-Fi Attack
By Video @ 6:45 PM :: 3603 Views :: Health Care

...state-run exchanges in Minnesota, Hawaii, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Maryland, and the District of Columbia are vulnerable....

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Monday, December 9, 2013
HI health exchange has signed up 574 people, for about $348,000 apiece
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:24 PM :: 4035 Views :: Health Care

Gov. Neil Abercrombie, one of the state’s most vocal advocates of Obamacare, predicted at a news conference Sept. 17 that the state’s 100,000 uninsured, plus thousands more, would sign up for insurance once the Health Connector launched Oct. 1....

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Monday, December 9, 2013
How to Help Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:44 AM :: 3277 Views :: Health Care

In 2011, the Obama Administration suggested that as many as 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions were “at risk” and “could be denied coverage” without Obamacare....

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Friday, December 6, 2013
Home Community-Based Services Working Group to Meet
By News Release @ 6:04 AM :: 3502 Views :: Health Care
  • DATE: Monday, December 9, 2013
  • TIME: 2:00 pm
  • PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol 
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Federal safety inspectors investigating violence at Hawaii State Hospital
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:35 PM :: 5139 Views :: Health Care, Labor

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating  the Hawaii State Hospital, hospital administrators have confirmed....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
House Committees Demand Update on Hawaii Health Connector
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 3670 Views :: Health Care

...recommended legislation related to Hawai`i’s insurance exchange for the 2014 legislative session....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
We Bet You Haven't Heard This About Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4348 Views :: Health Care, Labor

The plan on the table in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage above $10 an hour (which is higher than all existing state rates)....

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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Medicaid Buy-in Task Force Meeting Monday
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 4761 Views :: Health Care, Labor
  • DATE: Monday, December 09, 2013
  • TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
  • PLACE: Conference Room 229, State Capitol
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Sick of Obamacare? We've Got Something Different
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:38 PM :: 3320 Views :: Health Care

The President said yesterday that he’s “learned not to make wild promises” anymore....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
HI health exchange violates federal law, League of Women Voters say
By Malia Zimmerman @ 10:28 PM :: 3644 Views :: Health Care

...the AG told the league the health connector is not required to provide voter information on its website because it is an independent, nonprofit agency....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Hawaii: More than 70% of new HIV Cases tied to Gay Sex
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 5843 Views :: Family, Health Care

High HIV prevalence, lack of awareness of HIV-positive status, unprotected anal sex, and increased viral load among HIV-positive MSM not on antiretroviral treatment contribute substantially to new infections among this population....

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
What Will Happen When (and If) HealthCare.gov Actually Works
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:44 AM :: 3594 Views :: Health Care

HealthCare.gov can’t fix anything that’s wrong with Obamacare....

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Monday, December 2, 2013
Lack of Transparency Leads Many to Ask: Who Has Connections to CGI?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 PM :: 7510 Views :: Ethics, Health Care

Because Hawaii legislators exempted the health law from many of the rules that hold other government ventures accountable, there remain more questions than answers about the debacle....

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Sunday, December 1, 2013
World AIDS Day: Gay Inc Drops HIV for Marriage, Military & Money
By Selected News Articles @ 8:45 PM :: 8793 Views :: Family, Health Care, Homelessness
Today is World AIDS Day, but in Hawaii the focus is on tomorrow, the first day for legal gay marriage....
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Turkey, Pumpkin Pie, and Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:40 AM :: 4894 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care

From 1621, when the Pilgrims arrived in the New World, to 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln declared it a federal holiday, thanking God and practicing religion were of paramount importance....

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Legislative Working Group to Discuss Foster Family Homes
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 6348 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
  • DATE: Monday, December 02, 2013
  • TIME: 2:00 pm
  • PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Obamacare Undermines American Values
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:48 PM :: 3758 Views :: Health Care

Obamacare goes against prioritizing help for the disabled over assistance for able-bodied adults....

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Delusional: Schatz Claims Obamacare Has Saved Hawaii Seniors $35M
By News Release @ 2:48 AM :: 3961 Views :: Health Care

...Meanwhile HMSA Announces ANOTHER 4.4% Rate Hike Thanks to Obamacare....

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Obamacare Gives Insurance Commissioner Powerful Incentive to Raise Rates
By NCPA @ 12:22 PM :: 3911 Views :: Health Care

...a commissioner who insists on lower premiums will reduce the amount of care available to subsidized voters without saving them a dime...

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
What EVERYONE Will Be Talking About at Thanksgiving Dinner
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:31 AM :: 3641 Views :: Health Care

Organizing for America (OFA), President Obama’s campaign group, has a big push called “Health Care for the Holidays” that urges people to “have the talk” with their loved ones about getting health insurance....

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Monday, November 25, 2013
Hawaii Health Connector director steps down after health exchange’s failure
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:12 PM :: 4178 Views :: Health Care

As of Nov. 15, just 257 individuals have secured health care through the exchange....

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Monday, November 25, 2013
Hawaii gets good grades for its state health system for low income populations
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 4799 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Hawaii ranks best in the nation according to The Commonwealth Fund....

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Monday, November 25, 2013
How Obamacare Discourages Work and Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:04 PM :: 5117 Views :: Family, Health Care

...the law perpetuates some of the country’s worst trends that trap people in poverty....


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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Some Employer Requirements of Obamacare
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 6458 Views :: Health Care, Tax Credits, Taxes

...how is the new health care initiative going to affect businesses?

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Friday, November 22, 2013
Obamacare Fail: Hawaii Health Connector Exec Quits
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 5171 Views :: Health Care

Hawai‘i Health Connector today announced the appointment of Tom Matsuda, current Affordable Care Act implementation manager with the Governor’s office, as interim executive director....

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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Assaults at Hawaii hospital for criminally insane prompts Senate investigation
By Malia Zimmerman @ 9:17 PM :: 7143 Views :: Health Care, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement

Assaults on workers at the Hawaii State Hospital are all too common, and taxpayers are picking up the tab for the cost of treatment and workers compensation....

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
How Obamacare Will Try to Control What You Eat
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:01 PM :: 4494 Views :: Health Care, Small Business

Obamacare’s menu labeling regulation will be costly and time-consuming for businesses ....

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
New medical codes for injuries from duck bites, drone strikes create headaches for doctors
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:56 PM :: 3738 Views :: Health Care

Hospitals may have to invest between $2 million and $5 million, and large health care organizations could spend as much as $20 million....

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Health Insurers Express Worries over Obama Shift on Policy Cancellations
By NCPA @ 12:54 PM :: 3019 Views :: Health Care

If old plans are restored, "fewer healthy people and younger people would be leaving their current plans" ....

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Monday, November 18, 2013
The American People Rose Up to Repeal a Health Care Law Once Before. They Can Do It Again
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:10 AM :: 3769 Views :: Health Care

The law that promised health coverage for all has so far stripped 3.5 million Americans of their insurance....

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Saturday, November 16, 2013
Obamacare Hawaii: 170,000 Policies Cancelled, 257 people sign up
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 6203 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

Between 25,000 and 30,000 Hawaii residents with individual plans and 140,000 people covered by small business policies had been notified their medical plans will be canceled or altered on Jan. 1....

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Friday, November 15, 2013
Hawaii GOP: Obamacare Failure Driving Party Recruitment
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 4916 Views :: Health Care, Republican Party

25,000-30,000 Hawaii residents’ medical plans are set to be canceled January 1st....

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Friday, November 15, 2013
HI lawmakers critical of developer that created health-care, tax websites
By Malia Zimmerman @ 6:03 PM :: 5753 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes

The state Department of Taxation paid CGI Group more than $87 million over 12 years....

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Friday, November 15, 2013
HMSA: We Won't Cancel Policies Until After the Election
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 6608 Views :: Health Care

"...members who don't choose a new ACA plan by Dec. 15 will be re-enrolled in their current plan in December for another year to ensure they don't lose...." -- Yadao

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Friday, November 15, 2013
Do You Believe Obama This Time? How About Now? …Now?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:28 PM :: 3393 Views :: Health Care

Once upon a time, Obamacare was “settled” law that was “here to stay”....

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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Obama concedes, announces changes to health care law
By Selected News Articles @ 7:41 PM :: 2978 Views :: Health Care

President Obama said Thursday he will let Americans renew for one year any health plans that do not meet Obamacare's coverage standards....

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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Health Dept: 60% of Hawaii Teens' Drinking is Less Sugary
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 4421 Views :: Health Care, Taxes

...Education works: Who needs a Beverage Tax?....

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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Obama Becoming a Punchline, but Obamacare Is No Joke
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:08 AM :: 3424 Views :: Health Care

“The Tonight Show” is a cultural bellwether, so when its studio audience roars its approval at Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) quip that Obamacare is “the biggest job killer in this country,” you know something’s happening across our land....

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Medicaid Buy-In Task Force to Meet
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 5422 Views :: Health Care, Labor
  • DATE: Thursday, November 14, 2013
  • TIME: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  • PLACE: Conference Room 229 State Capitol 
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Tattering the Safety Net
By NCPA @ 11:52 AM :: 4483 Views :: Health Care

One of the ways that the health reform is being funded is through cuts in disproportionate share funding for hospitals....

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Lim on Health Connector: Wrong Managers Hired Wrong Vendor
By Video @ 2:14 AM :: 4348 Views :: Health Care

The interview contains a valuable introduction to what the Affordable Care Act is and clearly explains the “Hawaii Healthcare Connector,” which Lim initiated as its start-up executive director....

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Obama’s Promise of “Competition” in Obamacare: Also False
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:58 AM :: 3126 Views :: Health Care

In more than half of the counties in the U.S., people have only one or two insurance carriers offering coverage on their exchanges....

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Analysis: Hawaii Health Connector Signs up only 2% of Projections
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 4452 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

By comparison, when Medicare Part D began, two-thirds of people who voluntarily enrolled in a plan did so after coverage began....

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