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Victory! The Pathway to Universal Health Care Work Group Funded
May 04, 2019
> Note: To see the amendments HCFA-WA fought for and won, scroll down. Thanks to your full court press last week, the Pathway to Universal Health Group Work Group is becoming a reality. There is now funding for the work group in the state...
Read MoreAction Alert ★ We're So Close! Your Pressure is Needed Now
April 22, 2019
We are in the last couple of minutes of a tied championship game -- anything could happen. We cannot let up. We're so close! We are pursuing all available avenues for making the elements of the Pathway to Universal Health Care bill, SB 5822,...
Read MoreAction Alert: The Pathway Bill is a Floor Vote Away from the Governor's Desk!
April 17, 2019
If you're following the journey of SB 5822: A Pathway to Universal Healthcare, you know it's making history: it is the first bill in Washington state history to declare healthcare a human right. It has sailed through the Senate, out of the House...
Read MoreLatest Press on the Pathway Bill
April 17, 2019
To get you fired up about what's happening in Olympia, we are sharing the latest press on the Pathway bill. From now until April 28th "will define our state’s health care destiny for a generation to come, and we can’t afford to miss this...
Read MoreThe Pathway Bill, SB 5822, Passes Out of the House Health Care & Wellness Committee!
April 05, 2019
Next Stop: Appropriations Thanks to your sustained efforts, we are thrilled to announce that SB 5822, the Pathway to Universal Health Care bill, passed out of the House Health Care & Wellness Committee -- with our amendments -- by a vote of 10 in...
Read MoreHealthcare Debt is a Pot of Gold for Debt Collectors. Our Supporter Has a Suggestion
April 05, 2019
What happens when patients can't pay their health care bills? Eventually, patients are sent to debt collection and are given two choices: pay up, or go into debt. This Seattle Times article reports that Medical Debt Collection is so lucrative that there is little...
Read MoreLet’s Take Health Care Off the Bargaining Table
March 21, 2019
Unions do not serve their members well by trying to circle the wagons around an unsustainable model of employment-based health care. That is why the AFL-CIO, the Washington State Labor Council, and dozens of unions have called for a social insurance model like Medicare...
Read More2SSB5822 Pathway to Universal Healthcare Voted out of Senate!
March 17, 2019
On Thursday March 14, 2SSB5822 The Pathway to Universal Healthcare went to the Senate for debate and vote - and passed 28-21! You can watch the debate and vote here.
Read MoreAction Alert: Urge Rep. Cody to Support SB 5822, the Pathway Bill
March 08, 2019
Good news! The Senate version of the Pathway to Universal Health Care bill, SB 5822, is progressing through the Senate and if all goes well, it may go to the House. The first stop would be the Healthcare & Wellness Committee, and we need...
Read MoreNorth Seattle Progressives Universal Health Care Panel
March 08, 2019
At the March 3, 2019 North Seattle Progressives universal health care panel, 50 attendees heard Marcia Stedman of Health Care for All-Washington (HCFA-WA) and Health Care is a Human Right-Washington (HCHR-WA), Kathleen Randall of Physicians for a National Health Program - Western Washington (PNHP-WW), and...
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