Healthcare conference set
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The Hawai'i State Department of Health and the Hawaii Consortium for Continuing Medical Education will host a two-day conference beginning today called "Health Care in Hawaii: The Price of Progress."
Local and national speakers will discuss Medicare, promoting affordable healthcare, rural healthcare concerns, the role of physicians in shaping healthcare policy, and other healthcare issues. The conference will be held at the Sheraton Waikiki. Registration fee is $100 for one day or $150 for two days.
For more information, call 586-4442 or visit www.hawaii .gov/health.
STATE JOBLESS CLAIMS STEADY
The number of first-time claims for unemployment insurance filed by Hawai'i residents remained unchanged at 1,000 for the week ending Aug. 27 compared with the same week a year earlier, according to data released yesterday by the U.S. Labor Department.
Unemployment insurance claims filed by Hawai'i residents accounted for just 0.4 percent of total claims filed nationally, which was among the lowest of the 50 states.
Meanwhile, Hawai'i's unemployment rate of 2.7 percent remains the lowest in the nation.
HURRICANE-AREA BANKS REOPENING
WASHINGTON — Most of the 280 banks and savings and loans in hurricane-stricken areas have reopened branches and are operating normally again, and they're not expected to have financial problems in the long term, regulators said yesterday.
Still, some lawmakers are pushing a plan to raise the $100,000 limit on federal account insurance so that smaller banks aren't hurt by depositors pulling out their money. Most banks and thrifts in the affected areas are operating normally now, with some 420 of the 5,000 branch offices in the area still closed as of yesterday.
Some institutions have set up temporary offices and switched to backup computer systems.
