HONOLULU — A proposed law in the state Legislature would require insurance companies to cover air ambulance rides to the mainland for critical procedures not offered in Hawaii. The measure would take the burden off families that are put in tough situations due to the cost of air ambulance rides, KHON-TV reported Tuesday. Tammy Tam, wife of the late former Deputy Attorney General Rodney Tam, said she experienced firsthand how current policies complicate care. Tam said that when her husband fell ill, doctors told them he needed a lung transplant, which couldn’t be done in Hawaii. He never got the lung transplant he desperately needed.

Source: National Post February 08, 2018 07:18 UTC