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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Health Connector has announced the award recipients for two separate contracts — one to construct the online marketplace for the state-based health insurance exchange and a second contract for public relations services. “This is an exciting next step in the establishment of the health insurance exchange in Hawaii,” said Coral Andrews, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The State of Hawaii has met a major milestone in ensuring that all the people of Hawaii have access to high-quality healthcare and insurance coverage. Gov. Neil Abercrombie has announced the state has selected a healthcare benefits package that will outline the minimum array of benefits insurers must provide for years 2014 and […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which proponents say will improve the country’s current health care system by increasing access to healthcare coverage for Americans and introducing new protections for people who have health insurance. The ACA provides tools to increase the ability of most […]

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MEDIA RELEASE March 23 marks the two-year anniversary of the passage of the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka issued the following statement Thursday: “In just its first two years, the Affordable Care Act has created major improvements in health care delivery across the United States and increased access […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to vote in opposition to the Blunt amendment. The amendment would not only reverse the landmark gains in women’s access to contraception, health care, and preventative health services achieved by the Obama Administration under the Affordable Care Act, it […]

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MEDIA RELEASE According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 21,278 Hawaii residents with Medicare saved $6,891,558 on their prescription drugs in 2011 thanks to the Affordable Care Act Savings for people with Medicare will increase over time. According to a new report issued today from HHS, the average person with […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have proposed new rules under the Affordable Care Act that will enable consumers to easily understand their health coverage and determine the best health insurance options for themselves and their families. Likewise, these proposed rules will assist employers in finding the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care reform bill signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka noted the law has already helped hundreds of thousands of Hawaii residents by providing new benefits for those […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie released the following statement on a ruling by a federal judge in Florida that President Obama’s health care law is unconstitutional: “States across the nation, including Hawaii, are dealing with an unprecedented fiscal crisis in large part because of rising health care costs. While the courts do their work to […]

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President Barack Obama has released the following statement on the Affordable Care Act: Good afternoon, Over the past few years, many Americans have seen their health insurance premiums skyrocket, while the quality of their health care declined. One of the reasons I pushed so hard to pass health care reform this year was to make […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A major goal of the Affordable Care Act – the health insurance reform legislation President Obama signed into law March 23 – is to put American consumers back in charge of their health coverage and care. Insurance companies often leave patients without coverage when they need it the most, causing them to put […]

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The following was issued by the office of Vice President Joe Biden: Now I know not everyone reading this is a senior, but chances are you know a few, so please forward along this email. It’s long, but it has some important information. I’ve got some good news for America’s seniors — those of you […]

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The Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their parents’ health care plan until age 26. Before the President signed this landmark Act into law, many health plans and issuers could and did in fact remove young adults from their parents’ policies because of their age, leaving many college graduates and others with […]

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