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2022 Washington State Legislative Session: Update #1
We’ve made it halfway through the 2022 legislative session! To get you up to speed, here is NoHLA’s first Legislative Update on pending bills that relate…
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Washington Legislature Considers Key Health Priorities in 60-Day Session
Today the Washington State Legislature starts the fourth week of this year’s 60-day legislative session. Both chambers continue to convene remotely in the midst of the current…
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Seattle City Council hearing spotlight: Health equities for immigrants — closing the gap
On January 19, Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, chair of Seattle City Council’s Finance & Housing Committee, invited NoHLA to coordinate a panel to testify about closing the…
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Support health equity for all Washingtonians
Here in Washington State, immigrants are excluded from many vital public health coverage programs – which means over 105,000 individuals lack health insurance they would otherwise be…
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NoHLA’s 2022 legislative preview
Nearly two years into the pandemic, many Washingtonians still don’t have access to affordable health coverage and care. Despite seismic shifts in our health care system, too…
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Watershed Health Care Legislation Passes the House
Learn the latest about five essential health care elements in Build Back Better as NoHLA Executive Director Janet Varon and Senior Staff Attorney & Policy Advisor Emily…
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NoHLA presents at legislative work session on Medicare affordability
On Wednesday, November 17th, the Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues began their meeting spotlighting the lack of Medicare affordability in Washington.
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Sign on to support immigrant families’ access to health care & other benefits
The Biden Administration is deciding what the federal “public charge” policy should look like. Organizations can join the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) public comment letter by Wednesday,…
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Health Priorities in Congress as Budget Fight Continues
NoHLA is working to lift up urgent health priorities in Congress considers spending priorities in its upcoming budget package. Working from priorities President Biden…
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Support immigrant health care: restore public benefits and sign-on to the Washington health equity campaign
In 1996, Congress constructed an arbitrary five-year barrier preventing immigrants from accessing crucial public benefits that they support with tax dollars….
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