Hawaii's private hospitals get $18M to cover uninsured
Advertiser Staff
The state's private hospitals have received about $17.7 million in federal and state money to help with the cost of charity care for uninsured patients.
The money includes $10 million in federal funding obtained by U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka from the Disproportionate Share Hospital payment program and another $7.7 million in matching state money. The money will go to 15 hospitals in the Islands.
