The White House has issued state-by-state advisories detailing what it says will be the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. It’s also a warning as to what will be lost should Republicans repeal President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

Among the highlights for Hawaii:

• 323,000 individuals on private insurance have gained coverage for at least one free preventive health care service such as a mammogram, birth control, or an immunization in 2011 and 2012. In the first eleven months of 2013 alone, an additional 73,900 people with Medicare have received at least one preventive service at no out of pocket cost.

• The up to 560,000 individuals with pre-existing conditions such as asthma, cancer, or diabetes – including up to 69,000 children – will no longer have to worry about being denied coverage or charged higher prices because of their health status or history.

• Approximately 228,000 Hawaiians have gained expanded mental health and substance use disorder benefits and/or federal parity protections.

• 90,000 uninsured Hawaiians will have new health insurance options through Medicaid or private health plans in the marketplace.

• In the first ten months of 2013, 15,300 seniors and people with disabilities have saved on average $921 on prescription medications as the health care law closes Medicare’s so-called “donut hole.”

• 6,000 young adults have gained health insurance because they can now stay on their parents’ health plans until age 26.

Photo: The White House. (HBarrison)

—Chad Blair