Health Care

Money To Fight Opioids Poured Into Hawaiʻi. The Real Problem Was Meth Civil Beat Photo Illustration/April Estrellon

Money To Fight Opioids Poured Into Hawaiʻi. The Real Problem Was Meth

Hawaiʻi launched an anti-opioid initiative in 2017 when the federal government started making grants to the states. But no such initiative has ever addressed methamphetamine.

Employers Face Double-Digit Increases In Health Insurance Rates David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Employers Face Double-Digit Increases In Health Insurance Rates

Increases could force many employers to reduce worker benefits.

HMSA’s Medicare Changes Could Increase Costs For Thousands Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

HMSA’s Medicare Changes Could Increase Costs For Thousands

HMSA sent a letter to 16,000 kūpuna saying they will no longer have access to their current insurance plan.

Accused Of Violating Patients, A Hawaiʻi Doctor Still Practices Getty Images

Accused Of Violating Patients, A Hawaiʻi Doctor Still Practices

Nine women accused Dr. Gregory Yim of performing unnecessary breast exams that violated their sense of trust. The Hawaiʻi Medical Board has taken no action.

Indigenous Groups Are Exempt From Medicaid Work Rules, But Native Hawaiians Aren’t (Ashley Mizuo/KFF Health News)

Indigenous Groups Are Exempt From Medicaid Work Rules, But Native Hawaiians Aren’t

Native Hawaiians will have to comply with the new work requirements in President Donald Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act, despite facing significant obstacles to employment and healthcare.

Kidney Nonprofit’s Taxpayer-Funded Bus Is Collecting Dust Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Kidney Nonprofit’s Taxpayer-Funded Bus Is Collecting Dust

The Kidney Foundation of Hawaiʻi’s mobile care clinic was never put into service for kidney patients, according to the nonprofit’s CEO.

For Hawaiʻi Wheelchair Users, Air Travel Means Risking Mobility Tim Wright/Civil Beat/2026

For Hawaiʻi Wheelchair Users, Air Travel Means Risking Mobility

Airlines damage about 1 in 100 wheelchairs they handle, national statistics show. For frequent flyers, particularly on Hawaiʻi’s neighbor islands, the risk adds up.

This Rural Hawaiʻi Pharmacy Was A Lifeline For Seniors. Now It’s Gone Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

This Rural Hawaiʻi Pharmacy Was A Lifeline For Seniors. Now It’s Gone

Loss of the Kohala drug store is symbolic of the healthcare access issues affecting remote regions of the state.

Whistleblower Alleges Medical Giant Bribed Hawaiʻi Provider AP

Whistleblower Alleges Medical Giant Bribed Hawaiʻi Provider

Lawsuit claims Abbott Laboratories defrauded federal health insurance programs.