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Dr. Gise is a Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i, She is the contact person for the PNHP Hawaii State Chapter.
Hawaii State News
By Stephen Kemble, M.D.
Consider H.R.676, the House single-payer bill kept "off the table" during health reform negotiations. It proposes public financing of universal health care, but leaves care delivery (doctors and hospitals) private and independent.
The Hawaii Health Authority, which was established by the Hawaii Legislature as part of the state’s Department of Budget and Finance and tasked with being “responsible for overall health planning for the state,” issued a report to Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the Legislature on Dec. 23, 2011. It consists of a 1999 report by the Health Futures Task Force and a 2011 Update. A few of the members of the 1999 Health Futures Task Force are now members of the HHA.