Health Care & Reproductive Rights
As the 2024 election approaches the work of the The Indivisible Hawaii (IH) Healthcare Team takes on a new urgency as we work to elect Kamala Harris and increase the number of progressive Democrats elected to local and national offices. We know that Trump and MAGA Republicans will try hard to take away even more of our health care freedoms and services, including access to abortion and birth control. They will try to cut and privatize Medicaid and Medicare. We cannot let this happen!
The Indivisible Hawaii (IH) Healthcare Team was formed in 2023 to advocate at the state level for progressive solutions to the problem of a growing shortage of health providers and services in Hawaii, especially on Neighbor Islands. We are a group of grassroots advocates with deep professional and lived experience with Hawaii’s health care system.
Those of us who are Neighbor Island residents live with the day-to-day reality of scarce health resources. Meetings are held monthly via Zoom. The team is currently focused on 3 areas of research, collaboration and action:
- Addressing the health provider shortage via tax credits and tax exemptions for medicine and medical care; Increasing reimbursement rates for health care providers; and Creating incentives for health practitioners to work in underserved areas of Hawai’i.
- Increasing access to abortion and other reproductive health services, esp. on Neighbor Islands.
- Supporting the development of one rural community health model: the Puna Community Medical Center, in order to serve the fastest growing and most populous community on Hawai’i Island. https://www.pcmcf.com/
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| Leads: | Doris |
| Email: | northhawaii@indivisiblehawaii.org |
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Partners:
As a new team, we are currently building collaborative partnerships with other advocacy groups, organizations, and policy makers in order to more effectively address this complex and critical issue for Hawaii people.