Archive for July, 2009

Health insurers must offer more transparency

July 10th, 2009

By Bob Nakata
House Bill 1525, relating to Medicaid, was designed to create transparency in the operations of both for-profit and nonprofit health insurers to protect the interests of patients and providers of services, such as doctors and hospitals. The insurers, who stand between providers and patients, as they determine who is eligible for insurance coverage, [...]

Editorial: Veto pen should spare key state programs

July 5th, 2009

If there’s a unifying rationale behind the bills Gov. Linda Lingle is eyeing for a veto, it’s this: We can’t afford anything extra right now. No extra tax burden, no new or expanded programs.
These days, it’s hard to argue with that general logic. However, it can’t be applied uniformly to all proposals. Even in an [...]