Examines the Prepaid Health Care Act, a state law passed in Hawaii in 1974 that requires all businesses to pay a share of workers' insurance costs. Success of the program; Complaints of many businesspeople; Why the employers's share has risen.Connolly...
Hawaii Prepaid healthcare act Hawaii employers must provide health care coverage for eligible employees to insure protection against the high cost of medical and hospital care for nonwork-related illness or injury. Employers may obtain health coverage by purchasing an approved health care plan from a...
Health Main article: Hawaii Prepaid Health Care ActAs of 2009, Hawaii's health care system insures 92% of residents. Under the state's plan, businesses are required to provide insurance to employees who work more than twenty hours per week. Heavy regulation of insurance companies helps reduce...