The Two-Fisted Quorum: HAWAII ABORTS UHC PLAN

ETHONOLULU – Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched, and for rather predictable reasons.

Gov. Linda Lingle's Republican administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan. State officials said Thursday they will stop giving health coverage to the 2,000 children enrolled by Nov. 1, but private partner Hawaii Medical Service Association will pay to extend their coverage through the end of the year without government support.

"People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free," said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services. "I don't believe that was the intent of the program."

Labels: fiscal, Hawaii, health care, Human Services, UHC

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Monday, October 20, 2008

HAWAII ABORTS UHC PLAN

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