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HI Governor Takes Health Insurance Coverage Away From 2,000 Kids
Keiki Care entitled children that were enrolled in this program to free heath coverage, along with a $7 co payment for a doctor visit, reported CNN and the Associated Press. Governor Linda Lingle decided to kill this program seven months later, because of a $900 budget deficit by 2011. The move will mean 2,000 children in Hawaii will lose their health insurance. Governor Lingle's administration also said that most of the children enrolled in the Keiki Care program dropped their private individual health insurance coverage for the free care. An administrator at the state Department of Human Services said, "People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free. I don't believe that was the intent of the program." Some residents were not happy with the republican governor's move. "We're very disappointed in the state's decision, and it came as a complete surprise to us. We believe the program is working, and given Hawaii's economic uncertainty, we don't think now is the time to cut all funding for this kind of program," stated a spokesperson for the Hawaii Medical Service Association. There are some things we are seeing with this program cut. It's curious that the governor signed the program into law last year, but failed to recognize a looming budget deficit the coming years. Not only will 2,000 children be dropped from their health insurance plans, it doesn't seem to make any political sense why the law should be signed only to be killed later. Some lawmakers agreed. Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland (HI) says, "Children are a lot more vulnerable in terms of needing care. It's not very good to try to be a leader and then renege on that commitment." in addition, when it is seen that many are dropping their private care for the Keiki Care, they wonder if it was to cheat the system or were they paying too much for their private plans? We are all looking to Governor Lingle to explain this to us. -->
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