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Civil Beat: Hawaii Island Is Getting New Federal Funds To Tackle Health Care Shortages. Is It Enough?

“… the University of Hawaii’s new rural health program expects to study as part of its mission to shed light on the impacts that government policies have on Hawaii’s health care needs.

Aimee Grace, the program’s principal investigator, said the team’s first priority is to look at federal policies, such as low Medicare reimbursement rates. The Biden administration recently announced that those may fall further.” Read more.