On the Hook for Uninsured Residents, Counties Wonder Now How They’ll Pay

Hawaii gets nearly $190 million for rural health care | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Hawaii has been awarded nearly $190 million in federal funding to augment rural health care under President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” through a plan co-written by Democratic Gov. Josh Green.

On the Hook for Uninsured Residents, Counties Now Wonder How They’ll Pay

In 2013, before the Affordable Care Act helped millions get health insurance, California’s Placer County provided limited health care to some 3,400 uninsured residents who couldn’t afford to see a doctor. For several years, that number has been zero in the predominantly white, largely rural county stretching from Sacramento’s eastern suburbs to the shores of Lake Tahoe. The trend could be short-lived. County health officials there and across the…