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...
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...
The reciprocal beneficiaries law did not amend the prepaid health care law but did amend the state Insurance Code in ways that could affect organizations providing prepaid health care coverage. However, the state attorney general has concluded that applicable provisions apply only to insurance companies...