Hawaii drops Universal Health Care…Does it work?
From CNN Health..I would have that this would have been on the main page… Hawaii ends universal health care for kids State-subsidized program ended after seven months Official says families dropped private insurance in favor of state plan Program was costing state $50,000 a month HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. Gov. Linda Lingle’s 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. “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.” State officials said Thursday they will stop giving
