03-02-2010, 04:19 AM
Monty, since I moved here full-time five years ago, both of your concerns have become worse, not better. The only way around them would be if you were able to get your stepson into one of the Charter Schools (usually there's a waiting list,) and get with an insurance program (like Kaiser) that liberally flies folks to Oahu for major issues. Although I like Kaiser overall, I have noticed in the past year or so that more and more routine things are going onto a waiting list and that some new members are having to wait to be assigned a primary care physician. One sometimes has to be assertive these days at Kaiser to get appointments and say "It's not acceptable to be wait listed."