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The Law of Unintended Consequences - Part MCMLXVIII
QandO — The idea, in theory, was to provide universal health care to all the children of Hawaii. Well not really. The idea was to make health insurance and thus health care universal by providing children who didn’t have health care insurance with state subsidized health insurance. After 7 months, that stopped today. Why? Well, here’s the official reason: Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program.The ...

Unforeseen Secondary Effects
The Glittering Eye — Hawaii has terminated its program for universal child health coverage, the only one of its kind in the nation: HONOLULU – Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan. “People who were already able ...

I AM PAT THE DOCTOR
Dr. Sanity — Joe isn't the only one who thinks that the government "spreading his wealth" around is a bad idea. Let's consider the "universal health care' concept for a moment. Here is what happens in the real world when you absolve people of personal responsibility for their health care: Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state ...

Failed Experiment
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Friday, October 17, 2008 [image] Failed Experiment [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Hawaii drops universal child care, only months after starting. 10/17 08:36 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us

Shock: People take advantage of free government health care
Hot Air » Top Picks — Shock: People take advantage of free government health care posted at 10:10 am on October 17, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Hawaii has ended an experiment with universal health care for children because it proved a little too successful.  Seven months after launching Keiki Care, a flood of enrollments caused it to run over budget.  The social engineers in Hawaiian government just learned a lesson about free-market economics and the effect of government distortion (via The Corner ): Hawaii is dropping the only state ...

Government Health Care In Hawaii Collapses Under Weight Of Freeloaders
Say Anything — ... I’m shocked that what opponents to socialized medicine have been warning about for years now actually happened when someone instituted a socialized medicine plan: ...