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NoHLA Continues Efforts to Make OTC Pill Accessible
While we celebrate the FDA’s approval of Opill, the first over-the-counter (OTC) pill, there is more work that needs to be done.
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NoHLA’s 2023 CLE Webinar is October 20th
Please mark Friday, October 20th on your calendar for our “Advancing Patient Rights for a New Era” webinar. We will explore persistent issues and concerns that make it difficult to access health care, especially for people facing systemic barriers. Speakers will address medical models for improving equity in health care, protecting patient privacy rights in […]
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Nearly 116,000 Lose Apple Health Coverage In One Month Alone
NoHLA and other health advocates are very concerned by recent news from the Health Care Authority (HCA) that nearly 116,000 people lost their Medicaid (Apple Health) coverage in just the first month
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Holding Medicaid Managed Care Organizations Accountable
How well are Apple Health Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) doing their job? NoHLA is working to uncover the answer.
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Challenging the Status Quo at “American Hospitals” Screening
The screening of American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System at Seattle’s downtown public library prompted a lively discussion moderated by NoHLA’s Deputy Director Emily Brice.
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NoHLA’s 2023 CLE Webinar Keynote Speaker Announced!
We hope you can join us on October 20th for NoHLA’s CLE Webinar, “Advancing Patient Rights in a New Era,” with keynote speaker, Dr. Leo Sergio Morales!
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Join Us in Welcoming NoHLA’s Legal Interns!
NoHLA is fortunate to have two talented legal interns joining us for the summer. Nora Hendricks is a rising third year law student at Seattle University with a deep commitment to policy and advocacy. Prior to law school, Nora spent two years working at the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where she worked with […]
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“American Hospitals” Seattle Film Premiere and Panel Discussion
We hope you can join us next Thursday June 22nd for the Seattle premiere of the provocative new documentary, American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System,
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Hospital Accountability Watch: Updates on Charity Care
July 1, 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of a new law that expanded hospital “charity care,” financial assistance to more Washington residents. With those changes, half of Washington’s population became financially eligible for free or reduced-cost hospital health care
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