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Game Changer? Free Medical Flights Start For Some Neighbor Island Residents

Source
Honolulu Civil Beat
Link
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Date
Jan 20, 2026
Summary
Highlights a state-funded program offering charter flights for rural Hawaiians with off-island medical appointments. Describes current and projected funding needs for sustainability, physician shortages in rural areas, reimbursement rate challenges driving workforce shortages, and the state's Rural Health Transformation Program plans.
Tagged as
Access · Funding · Health workforce supply and demand · Legislation and regulations · Physicians · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Health Transformation Program · Sustainability of programs · Hawaii