I am a resident of Maui, and want the best health care for my family and our community.  For years, Maui Memorial Medical Center was generating profits.  Management clamored for more autonomy and discretion to spend funding.  

Fast forward to the present - MMMC has been operating from a deficit.  Ken's article and subsequent comments, raises valid questions about the management and mismanagement of MMMC.  MMMC is supported by taxpayer dollors.  So, questions of fiscal responsibility, transparency and accountability should be addressed.  

To date, we do not have the full story about the factor/s that lead to privatization.  Instead, we have elected officials clamoring for privatization.   This is a dangerous precedent.  What will privatize next?  No doubt, CCA (Corrections Corporation of America) is lobbying behind the scenes trying to establish a foothold in Hawai`i - by offering to build and ultimately operate prisons and jails in Hawai`i.