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EXHIBIT"A" <br /> • B . . <br /> A BILL FOR AN ACT <br /> RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. <br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: <br /> PART I—The Hawaii Health Authority <br /> 1 SECTION 1. The legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the State of Hawaii for <br /> 2 each and every state citizen to have publicly provided,high quality,affordable health care. Health <br /> 3 care is more than just medical insurance payouts--it includes cost-saving, preventive, and early <br /> 4 intervention measures to prohibit medical conditions from becoming chronic, permanently <br /> 5 disabling, or fatal. <br /> 6 The legislature further finds that Hawaii's current health care insurance system is a <br /> 7 disjointed, costly. inefficient, and unnecessarily complicated, multi-payer, private medical <br /> 8 insurance model. <br /> 9 Additionally, health care rates are skyrocketing,creating an affordability and accessibility <br /> 10 crisis for Hawaii's residents. The two of the largest cost-drivers of health care in the United States <br /> 11 and Hawaii are: (1) the excessive administrative costs; and(2)the high cost of prescription drugs. <br /> 12 The legislature further finds that for more than a quarter of a century.Hawaii was far ahead <br /> 13 of most other states and often called itself"the health state" because of the 1974 Hawaii Prepaid <br /> 14 Health Care Act. Hawaii was once known for having a low uninsured population of between two <br /> 15 and five per cent in 1994. <br /> 16 <br />