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Letter: Spend money on health care, not merger ads
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (118+ words) Letter: Spend money on health care, not merger ads'Honolulu Star-Advertiser Monday, March 30, 2026 66" Today's Paper Enough already of the ads. A family member home in the islands recently commented on the frequency of the HMSA ads featuring Dr. Mark Mugiishi. Now…...
Editorial: More scrutiny for HMSA-HPH health care tie-up
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (284+ words) Sunday, January 18, 2026 71" Today's Paper Is it a good idea for Hawaii's largest health insurer, the Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), to partner up in business with one of Hawaii's larger health care systems, Hawai'i Pacific Health (HPH)? State senators and…...
Letter: HMSA premiums go up; coverage, service down
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (196+ words) Letter: HMSA premiums go up; coverage, service down'Honolulu Star-Advertiser Letter: HMSA premiums go up; coverage, service down Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. From as low as $12.95 /mo. Starting Jan. 1, HMSA increased my monthly premium by…...
Obamacare enrollment declines as subsidies expire
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (313+ words) Tuesday, December 23, 2025 79" Today's Paper By Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters WASHINGTON >> Enrollment for health insurance under the U.S. Affordable Care Act dipped to 15.6 million for 2026, Mehmet Oz, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, said today, from roughly 16 million last year. The…...
Trump, 9 drug companies strike deal to cut prescription prices
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (866+ words) Friday, December 19, 2025 80" Today's Paper By Patrick Wingrove, Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / REUTERS President Donald Trump reacts as he makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices in the Roosevelt Room of the White House…...
Independent workers in Hawaii brace for skyrocketing health premiums
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (1621+ words) Monday, November 24, 2025 74" Today's Paper Today " Updated 12:35 a.m. Shelley Oates-Wilding poses at Ala Moana Regional Park on Thursday in Honolulu. Oats-Wilding is a former Olympian and owner of nonprofit Ikaika Hawaii Watermans Academy, and is among thousands of Hawaii residents who have…...
Health insurance battle at heart of shutdown
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1289+ words) Monday, November 3, 2025 75" Today's Paper Today " Updated 11:47 p.m. Health care insurance and coverage is at the heart of the current U.S. government shutdown, which has resulted in furloughs and more recently " lapses in food assistance benefits. The disagreement remains over health insurance, more…...
U.S. family health premiums hit nearly $27K in 2025
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) Thursday, October 23, 2025 77" Today's Paper By Amina Niasse / Reuters A U.S. dollar banknote and medicines are seen in this illustration in June 2024. Annual premiums for U.S. families with employer-sponsored health insurance in 2025 rose 6% to nearly $27,000, reflecting higher spending on popular weight-loss treatments and…...
U.S. health insurers reduce Medicare Advantage operations in 2026
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (415+ words) Thursday, October 2, 2025 78" Today's Paper By Amina Niasse and Mariam Sunny / Reuters Logos of CVS and Aetna are displayed on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, in December…...
Pfizer strikes deal with Trump to cut U.S. drug prices
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (753+ words) Wednesday, October 1, 2025 77" Today's Paper A Pfizer research facility is shown in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday. WASHINGTON >> Pfizer and President Donald Trump on Tuesday said they had cut a deal in which the U.S.-based drugmaker…...