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Big Island to lose 4 more surgeons!
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10-02-2008, 11:02 PM
State has to step in and resolve Hawaii's Health Care, the problems are spiraling out of control. Doctors leaving, the layoffs, this affects everyone! Start with auditing HMSA, like Josh Green has proposed. http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/articl...30389/1001
10-03-2008, 01:32 AM
This is really a serioius matter, indeed. We have begun to consider retirement on Oahu rather than the B.I. because of healthcare concerns. The only thing that is certain about the retirement years is illness.
I hope the State steps up and does something.
10-03-2008, 01:48 AM
We have care through Kaiser. They actually fly us to Oahu at their expense when they can not provide services on the BI. They bring specialists in on a rotating basis... monthly or bi-monthly. It is not quick but it is reasonable....you don't get what you want when you want it but you get what you need when you need it.
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says "Oh Crap, She's up!" 
10-03-2008, 02:40 AM
But how much longer can Kaiser send people to Oahu for care if the Big Island keeps on
BTW... I just found out my Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance doesn't cover flu shots. I didn't believe that ...so I called up to ask why. They told me that they consider flu vaccine a non covered treatment because it hasn't been proven to be totally effective. 
10-03-2008, 04:49 AM
quote: I am on a quest to restore this word to it's proper meaning. LOOSE is something that is not securely attached. LOSE is something you no longer have. Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming..... Kurt Wilson
10-03-2008, 07:46 AM
I type fast too and make the it's /its mistake commonly even though I have taught grammar at college level and really do know better.
But I agree with Hotzcatz, this loose spelling of lose is everywhere now and not like a typo, like it's becoming an accepted spelling. Please folks, help save us from it so that us old school English speakers don't LOOSE it! erm, LOSE it. I can't read "loose it" without thinking of an overly loose GI problem and it's not a pretty picture. Hikatz, this is bad news! I've seen Dr. Parks, although I didn't need surgery. He seemed to be THE referral used by my doctor in Waimea. Wherever on island we lose a specialist, the effect will resonate everywhere as people scramble. People travel too far just on island for medical, and as gas gets higher, it hurts all the more. My friend who lives in Hawi has to drive to Hilo to see the dermatologist, which is 2 hours each way. And my new PCP is in Kailua-Kona! I spend the night with family just to have a doctor's visita , and it costs me a tank of gas!
10-03-2008, 01:10 PM
"""Hiller, Arcena, Bellatti and Dr. Josh Green, a state representative and now a state senator-elect from Kona, each said increasing reimbursement costs and having the money sent directly to the care provider are crucial to bringing in and retaining physicians in Hawai'i.
What would also help, Arcena said, are new laws governing malpractice suits and limiting the amount plaintiffs can win for pain and suffering. "We've found that in 85 percent of the malpractice lawsuits filed in Hawai'i there's no type of settlement given," Arcena said. "But just because no money is paid out doesn't mean it was free. Defending the average case costs about $150,000." Green believes changing Hawai'i's climate for doctors could be easy. "People are finally becoming more aware of the shortage on the Neighbor Islands, and that something needs to be done," Green said. "My goal is to get a compromise (on tort reform) and increase reimbursement. If you do that you'll be able to attract doctors to the state, the greatest place in the world to live."""" That sounds like a good strategy to me. |
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