The Hawaii legislature has voted to permit the outsourcing of government functions when it saves taxpayer money, and to merge the union and non-union health plans for state workers. This is a very very big change.
Privatization is almost pure, except for the drop-dead clause.
The health fund is very big and it's been a subtle issue many people didn't understand. The ones who have been in government for a while know the enormous costs of the health fund. The bill also restores the right to strike to some workers. The other measure creates a single health fund trust for the more than 80,000 government employees now covered by either the state Public Employee Health Fund or one of the various plans offered by the unions. The costs are crazy.