On October 7, Empire Health Foundation announced that it had settled its lawsuit against Community Health Systems (CHS), the former owner of Deaconess Medical and Valley Hospital and Medical Center in Spokane from 2008-2017. The settlement requires CHS to eliminate hospital debt for thousands of former patients of the two hospitals, estimated as high as...Continue reading→

By Bevin McLeod, Co-Founder and Board President, Alliance for a Healthy Washington It’s no secret that our fragmented health care system operates in silos when administering care. We see it particularly when important communications about a patient’s care aren’t shared with the pertinent providers, resulting in care gaps, and this fragmented system plays a big...Continue reading→

Last month, we wrote about the federal government’s adoption of the new “public charge” rules that broaden the grounds for inadmissibility of some immigrants and preventing others from getting Lawful Permanent Resident (“green card”) status. NoHLA and other organizations  are developing materials and trainings on these rules to explain what impact they have. We know...Continue reading→

When I applied earlier this year for a summer internship at Northwest Health Law Advocates, I wrote in my cover letter about seeking the opportunity to learn more about the kinds of legal questions and challenges that arise in the areas of health law and policy. As it happens, I spent much of this summer...Continue reading→

Even as litigation and rulemaking threatens the nation’s progress under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the 2020 presidential campaign has put proposals for the future of health care coverage front and center. The New York Times, CBS News, and National Public Radio were among the news media who led their coverage of the September 12...Continue reading→