Healthcare

When it comes to healthcare, Hawai’i is second to no other state in the United States. It’s #1 position has been attributed to factors like access and affordability, avoidable hospital use and cost, and prevention and treatment.

A Hawaiian lifestyle encourages a healthy lifestyle. In addition to this encouragement to stay healthy, Hawai’i is home to amazing doctors and thanks to the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act, adopted in 1974, employers are required to make health insurance available for most employees working a minimum of 20 hours weekly for four consecutive weeks.

''To date, Hawaii is the only state to have implemented near-universal health insurance. The cornerstone of this program is the country's only requirement that employers provide health insurance for all employees who work at least 20 hours per week. Combined with low unemployment, voluntary modified community rating by health insurers, and expanded Medicaid and Medicare, this employer mandate has been part of a patchwork mechanism that insures upwards to 95 percent of the state's population. Indeed, by adding a state-sponsored gap group-insurance program, Hawaii may now insure in excess of 95 percent of its population. The program has generated good health outcomes, good consumer satisfaction, and relatively modest overall health care expenditures. But for all that near-universal insurance provides, there is still a great need for community-based preventive and primary care programs with outreach and family support services. In addition, traditionally underserved populations continue to be at increased risk. Both funding reform and continued infrastructure development must occur to achieve universal access to care. - Pubmed.gov''

Mental Healthcare
We talked a little bit about general health care before, but about mental health care? How does Hawaii compare to the other states in the US?

QuoteWizard, a LendingTree company, analyzed data from Mental Health America to see which states had the best overall mental health care in the country. Rankings were compiled on a composite score based on both the prevalence of mental health illness and access to mental health care. States ranked highest overall were found to have a high rate of access to mental health care and a low prevalence of mental illness.

Out of all the states in the US, Hawaii ranked #7. Here in California was ranked #28 (image says #27 but their chart says #28), the state of Washington was ranked #38, and Nevada ranked #50 (the worst state for mental health care in the country).

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