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NEWS
Jun 01, 2026

A Housed and Healthy Hawai’i: Charting a “Housing is Healthcare” Model for Preventing and Addressing Homelessness

Abstract Hawaiʻi faces one of the highest rates of homelessness in the nation, driven by a combination of systemic barriers, historical policy failures, and a...

NEWS
Mar 18, 2026

Time: Vaccine Policy Failure Is a National Security Risk

In December 2019, when I was serving as lieutenant governor of Hawaii, I led an emergency medical mission from Hawaii to Samoa, which was overwhelmed...

NEWS
Nov 05, 2025

Affordable Care Act Subsidies Are a Lifeline for Millions of Americans. Don’t Let Congress Take Them Away

Millions of Americans who depend on the Affordable Care Act for their health insurance coverage are standing on the edge of a cliff. At the...

NEWS
Oct 30, 2025

Time: The Case for a Climate Impact Fee

On a sweltering summer morning in 2023, eight months after I was sworn in as governor of Hawaii, disaster struck Maui. In the early hours...

NEWS
Sep 12, 2025

Our Country’s Failure on Gun Control Killed Charlie Kirk

The tragic murder of Charlie Kirk is yet another trauma we have suffered in our national nightmare that is gun violence. We live in a...

NEWS
Sep 04, 2025

Hawaii governor: Kennedy should step aside so we can save lives and rebuild our health care system

As a father, a physician and a governor, it is my responsibility to protect every community in my state – especially the most vulnerable –...

NEWS
Apr 05, 2025

Hawaii governor: An urgent call to action to protect America’s children from measles

America’s children are in danger. Measles outbreaks are spreading in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and beyond, threatening lives, overwhelming health-care resources and exposing vulnerable communities....

NEWS
Feb 20, 2025

Healthcare of Tomorrow: The Policy Perspective

On Feb. 20, 2025, U.S. News & World Report and a group of government officials, health policy experts and other leaders examined how the health...

NEWS
Jan 07, 2025

I’m the Governor of Hawaii. I’ve Seen What Vaccine Skepticism Can Do.

In early December 2019, I called Faimalotoa Kika Stowers, the health minister of Samoa. The measles outbreak that began earlier that fall on her small...

NEWS
Sep 05, 2024

Governor of Hawaii: We Lead the Nation in Health Care – Here’s How

Hawaii is famous for our beautiful beaches, tropical climate and the “aloha spirit” of our people. But we’re also a leader in health care, setting...