Healthcare cuts will cost all of us, critics say

According to Gordon Y. K. Pang of the Honolulu Advertiser, "Advocates for the poor and disadvantaged say they are troubled by Gov. Linda Lingle's plan to cut $42 million from a state program that provides health insurance for low-income adults, insisting that the move may ultimately hurt the pocketbooks of all Hawai'i residents.

Lingle said about 112,00 low-income adults would be affected by the cuts to Quest and Medicaid programs, which provide healthcare benefits for low-income adults in Hawai'i."

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