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The Universal Healthcare Work Group Final Report Is Released
January 21, 2021
January 20, 2021 Publicly Funded Universal Healthcare Would Save $2.4 Billion in First Year, $5.6 Billion in Subsequent Years Health Care for All-Washington (HCFA-WA) seeks to build upon the findings detailed in the Final Report of the Health Care Authority’s Universal Health Care Work Group (UHCWG)...
Read MoreUniversal Health Care Work Group Final Meeting: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Model A
December 18, 2020
By Elaine Cox, HCFA-WA e.Bulletin editor The final December Universal Health Care Work Group meeting brought more clearly into focus the work that lies ahead for advocates of state-based publicly-funded universal health care. While many of the challenges, excuses and resistance are familiar to...
Read More2020: A Rollercoaster of a Year!
December 18, 2020
By Marcia Stedman, HCFA-WA Board President Over the past year, everyone has learned new ways of surviving, communicating, and maybe even thriving in our COVID-altered universe. For HCFA-WA, it’s been a bit of a roller-coaster. From the heights of our legislative wins – passage...
Read More2020 Annual Meeting Report + Videos
November 29, 2020
Health Care for All Washington held our first virtual Annual Meeting on November 15, and we were so gratified to have the best turnout EVER. Things went surprisingly smoothly for our first webinar-style presentation that included panelists! We saw participant numbers reach into 100,...
Read More2020 General Legislative Candidate Questionnaire
October 17, 2020
Find your Legislative District here. Candidate email addresses can be found here. View responses for Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Commissioner races here. View Congressional Candidate responses here. The Question: Do you pledge to support legislation for high quality, sustainable, affordable, publicly funded health care for...
Read More2020 Congressional Candidate Questionnaire
October 17, 2020
See responses from Senator and State Representative candidates by Legislative District here. Responses from Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Commissioner candidates are here. Candidate email addresses can be found here. The Question: Do you pledge to build upon the Affordable Care Act by supporting the State-Based...
Read More2020 General Governor, Lt. Governor & Insurance Commissioner Candidate Questionnaire
October 17, 2020
See responses from Senator and State Representative candidates by Legislative District here. Responses from Congressional US Representative Candidates are here. Candidate email addresses can be found here. The Question: Do you pledge to support legislation for high quality, sustainable, affordable, publicly funded health care for...
Read MoreUniversal Health Care Work Group Meeting #7 recap: A Reality Check
October 17, 2020
HUGE THANKS to the 7 people who spoke during the public comment section of UHC Work Group Meeting #7. We greatly appreciate the time these registrants took to prepare and deliver their powerful remarks.
Read MoreMedical Debt and Bankruptcy: “Even with Insurance”
October 17, 2020
The US has the highest burden of personal medical debt and medical bankruptcy of the developed nations. In 2016 Americans had $81 billion in collections for medical reasons. In 2019 it was estimated that 137 million Americans, about 26%, faced medical financial hardship. 62%...
Read MoreUniversal Health Care Work Group Meeting #6 – a Firehose!
September 29, 2020
Meeting #7 is Wednesday October 7, 1-4 pm. Click here to register.Check out the Agenda here. HUGE THANKS to the 38 individuals who registered to speak during the public comment section of UHC Work Group Meeting #6. We greatly appreciate the time that...
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