By Maui Curmudgeon

The insurance company United Health Group has come out with a listing of how healthy people in each state are, and as such lists go, this one is informative, and backs up much of what has been written on this site.

For the record, Hawaii ranks 4th out of 50. I was surprised but more so because of my interaction with health care on Maui, than anything else. After the past few years, where the morons who run Maui Memorial succeeded in keeping another hospital from being built, and where a head nurse circulated an email warning people to “fly or die,” that is, to fly to Oahu for treatment lest Maui Memorial kill you (something I have experienced first-hand).

The best that can be said, at least for Maui, is in spite of poor health care, Maui residents are healthier than the majority of U.S. citizens elsewhere.

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Occult Day Day 322 of 2009 43 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Lole: Mouse, rat
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Lilik rat: Mouse
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A rat eats, then leaves its droppings.“
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.” – Mickey Mouse

NATIONAL NEWS ARCHIVES – November 18, 1928
Mickey Mouse’s birthday. Mickey Mouse was created 80 years ago by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks (voiced by Walt Disney). The Walt Disney Company celebrates his birth as November 18, 1928 upon the release of Steamboat Willie. The anthropomorphic mouse has evolved from being simply a character in animated cartoons and comic strips to become one of the most recognizable symbols in the world.

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