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Originally Posted by tonkovich
oddly, hawaii has some kind of health care system in which just about everyone is covered, mostly by employers? (though you can obviously tell us more)
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Think that's odd . . . consider the healtcare plan in MA.
Hawaii's healthcare system, recently lauded by Rush himself, is a combination of employer subsidized (some 100%, others have an employee contribution) benefit for full time employees and their dependents and a state medicare/medicaid system for welfare recipients. Briefly, it does increase business costs, however it has resulted in uncrowded ERs and significant advances in wellness and longevity in the state. Tradeoffs galore.