title: Hawaii's healthcare system is a disaster--no matter what you have heard.
abstract: Hawaii enacted many of the administration's healthcare proposals almost 20 years ago, and President and Mrs Clinton apparently like the system. However, in this commentary, the author, a physician who lives in Hawaii, describes the day-to-day reality of an obviously very flawed plan.
mesh_terms: D006254:Hawaii; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013221:State Health Plans; D014481:United States