[Excaliber]

Separate issue's.

Employers providing health insurance for employee's is one thing, it's a law, no changes, no impact.

For those making $73,000 a year, DUH, they have to buy their own insurance. HOW they are making $73K and NOT working for an employer who WOULD provide the insurance is a bit of a mystery? Maybe all these folks are self employed? The average income for Hawaii is about $66K a year. $55 a month for a private insurance plan is a bargain!

The Feds have recently stepped up and will provide the insurance to the Micronesians, as they SHOULD have been doing for several decades now!

Who will/might qualify for a Government subsiby or essentially "free" basic care health insurance is tied to income levels in the proposed Federal bill. Those making $73K a year have to buy it, sounds very reasonable to me for the Hawaii plan.