Collected Resources on Micronesian History, COFA and Current Events
For background information on the Compact of Free Association, commentaries on social issues facing COFA residents in Hawai'i, and links to other groups promoting social and health justice, click here: Background
For information relating to health care in Hawai'i, and the State of Hawai'i's appeal of the Korab v. McManaman case (seeking to remove the injunction on Basic Health Hawai'i), click here: Basic Health Hawai'i
For information to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, and how a loophole removed U.S. resident taxpayers, workers, students, and community members present under COFA from ever being eligible for a substantial majority of federal benefits and services (including Medicaid, SSI, SSDI, housing, and most food stamp safety nets), click here: The PRWORA Problem
For information relating to health care in Hawai'i, and the State of Hawai'i's appeal of the Korab v. McManaman case (seeking to remove the injunction on Basic Health Hawai'i), click here: Basic Health Hawai'i
For information to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, and how a loophole removed U.S. resident taxpayers, workers, students, and community members present under COFA from ever being eligible for a substantial majority of federal benefits and services (including Medicaid, SSI, SSDI, housing, and most food stamp safety nets), click here: The PRWORA Problem