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More Kaiser Victim Stories   Contact Us	Headlines For Kaiser related national news see The Kaiser Papers   August 17, 2007 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser posts loss, lower membership   November 4, 2006 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser Hawaii president leaving   November 3, 2006 - Star-Bulletin - Kaiser to lay off up to 50 workers   January 31, 2006 - Star-Bulletin - Vote to pick union for nurses delayed. Kaiser hospital allegedly interfered with the process   December 9, 2005 - Star-Bulletin - Kaiser nurses decry staffing levels: patient care has suffered   December 8, 2005 - KHON - Nurses: Staffing too low at Kaiser Permanente   December 7, 2005 - Honolulu Advertiser - Kaiser's business, government rate increase approved   December 2, 2005 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser will cut off coverage to 2000 non-members   August 31, 2005 - Pacific Business News - EEOC files suit against Kaiser Hawaii for pregnancy discrimination   April 15, 2005, from Pacific Business News - Kaiser Permanente Hawaii penalized $1.9 million for defrauding Medicaid & Medicare – Whistleblower receives $225,000   August 17, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser Hawaii posts $2.2 Million 2nd quarter income   August 17, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser’s earnings rise 22.2%. Better investment performance and Medicare changes helped the state's biggest HMO in the second quarter   July 21, 2004 - The Maui News - From Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt: Analysis of costs showed Kaiser's rate hike request was excessive   July 16, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, the state's second-largest health insurer, plans to raise rates 11 percent for 7,000 businesses next year.   July 14, 2004 - The Maui News - Kaiser clinic opening may be delayed   July 1, 2004 - Star Bulletin -  Local 5 approves contract with Kaiser Permanente   July, 2004 - Hawaii's hospitals are building big time   June 30, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser, workers reach tentative contract agreement   June 24, 2004 - KHNL News 8 - Kaiser Recalls Some Prescription Orders. Kaiser Permanente is asking that some of its patients return their medication.   June 19, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser union seeks better contract. Some 150 workers and supporters rallied yesterday near the state Capitol   June 10, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser - Kaiser Papers Hawaii's letter to the editor published, Disciplinary action procedure lacking   June 9, 2004 - Maui News - Lingle blames Legislature for blocking efforts   June 4, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Health insurance plans favor employers   June 2, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser - A Honolulu doctor was sentenced in federal court yesterday to five years probation and a $20,000 fine for ordering drugs from Canada via the Internet.   June 2, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser doctor gets minimum sentence. The ex-bodybuilder had admitted to using illegal substances   May 27, 2004 - Newsday.com - Families can sue medical center for not treating killer   May 26, 2004 - KITV 4 News - Judge Allows Families To Sue Kaiser Over Xerox Shootings. Doctor says he forgot about Uyesugi   Local 5 airs Kaiser TV Ad - Plea to Governor Linda Lingle: "Treat us like family, because Kaiser doesn't" (requires Quicktime)   May 21, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser posts positive first quarter results   May 21, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser’s Hawaii earnings drop 16.1%. But the state's second-largest health insurer still managed to post a 1.3 percent return on revenues generated for the quarter.   May 1, 2004 - Star Bulletin - A University of Hawaii running back from Waianae was among a group of people indicted this week in an alleged scheme to defraud Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.   April 16, 2004 - Pacific Business News - New health insurer delays entry into Hawaii market   April 9, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Hawaii employers may see lower-cost health options   April 3, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser lowers rate increase   March 24, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Hawaii's insurance commissioner expects Kaiser Permanente to appeal his rejection of its 14.5 percent rate hike   March 23, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser - Competition comes to HMSA, Kaiser Permanente   March 19, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser Permanente's $3 billion switch to paperless records begins next month at its Hawaii outpatient clinics.   March 13, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser rate hike eased. The state Insurance Division suggests a rate increase of up to 11.7 percent, not the 14.5 percent Kaiser had sought   March 13, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser - Kaiser's 14.5% rate increase rejected   March 12, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Denied: Kaiser's 14.5% rate hike   March 9, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser ends 2003 almost $11 million in black   Feb. 22, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Local 5 prepares for contract talks at Kaiser Permanente   Feb. 19, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser Permanente Hawaii will no longer offer commercial employer-sponsored health plans on Kauai as of Dec. 31.   Feb. 18, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser to exit Kauai market. The insurer has provided Garden Isle coverage since the mid-1990s   Feb. 10, 2004 - New union organizes hospital workers The Convalescent Center of Honolulu's staff has voted in the Hawaii Hospital Healthcare Worker's Union   Feb. 5, 2004 - Star Bulletin - Insurers criticize universal health care Kaiser and HMSA say a legislative plan fails to account for costs   Feb. 1, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser - State seeks more health-plan options   Jan. 24, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser - A bill that will make it tougher for health insurers to refuse coverage to associations will likely be introduced as part of the governor's package of proposals to the Legislature.   Jan. 23, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser Permanente has contracted with a national advertising firm to build a $40 million image campaign intended to reverse a slide in membership.   Jan. 10, 2004 - Honolulu Advertiser - A new health insurer is expected to enter the Hawai'i market this year to compete against Kaiser and HMSA as a nonprofit   Jan. 2, 2004 - Pacific Business News - Healthcare premiums soar in '04   Sept. 5, 2003 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser rate hike would hit employers hard   Sept. 3, 2003 - Honolulu Advertiser - Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i yesterday said it plans to raise rates across the board by an average of 14.5 percent, the highest hike requested since 1989.   Sept. 3, 2003 - Star-Bulletin - Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii's second-largest health insurer, has asked the state Insurance Division for an average 14.5 percent rate increase.   Aug. 16, 2003 - Star Bulletin - Kaiser posts quarterly profit. The health plan attributes a 1,638 percent jump in its net income to lower than expected expenses   Aug. 15, 2003 - Pacific Business News - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reported $1.79 million in net income -- representing a 1 percent return on revenue -- for the second quarter ending June 30.   Kaiser Permanente Hawaii anesthesiologist pleads guilty to importing controlled substances used to make gamma hydroxibutyric acid, or GHB, better known as the "date rape drug."   Local Kaiser Permanente reports profit   Kaiser breaks ground on Waipio outpatient clinic   Kaiser Permanente reports $2.8 million loss   Kaiser Permanente announces new president   Kaiser Permanente buys Ceridian Building, plans to expand   Kaiser doctor among 115 suspects arrested    Kaiser doctor released on bail   High court rules doctors liable for third-party harm   Fired doctor sues Kaiser over anesthesia double standard   Local 5 /Kaiser reach labor agreement The 3 year pact affects about 1,700 hospital and clinic workers July 2001 Hawaii   Kaiser Permanente Ratings Cut, Off Standard & Poor's Watch; $400 Million Revenues Rated - Outlook Negative Protecting consumers against HMO abuses

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