At last week’s meeting of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, it was publicly announced that approximately 21,000 members submitted forms to move to the PPO health plan administered by HMSA instead of staying with the “default” HMA plan. If that’s still true when all the smoke clears, it will mean HMSA held on [...]
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Here’s another small piece of local media history, found in an old file. In June 1971, the Honolulu Media Council (now known as Media Council Hawaii) approved the recommendations of a committee assigned to review a complaint about the terms used in reporting on the war in Indochina. Witeck complained that terms such as “enemy”, [...]
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This week’s Feline Friday collection features Toby, Silverman, and Romeo, with Ms. Kili and Mr. Duke in supporting roles. This, of course, is Toby. While I write this, he’s here on the table trying to provoke me into putting a scoop of food into a bowl for him. He walks across the keyboard, then turns [...]
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