Christina joined the NoHLA Board of Directors in 2015. Christina collaborated with NoHLA staff and relied on NoHLA’s expertise while she was working on health care reform implementation as the Children’s Alliance’s Health Policy Director. She was honored to join the Board because of their commitment to social justice, undoing institutional racism, and rooting out...Continue reading→

The fast and furious 60-day 2018 legislative session concluded just over one month ago. Governor Inslee has been busy; he took action on 308 bills from the Legislature, including the 34 health care access bills that we tracked. Our final legislative wrap-up and budget analysis are now available. As shared in this blog post (featuring...Continue reading→

Congress finally passed an omnibus budget bill last week that President Trump signed last Friday to narrowly avert another government shutdown. Many were hopeful that the last “must-pass” legislation before the midterm elections would include health care marketplace stabilization and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but agreement was unattainable. The final deficit-increasing...Continue reading→

This legislative session, we worked with legislators and other advocates to bolster reproductive health access laws to make up for gaps created at the federal level, as described in our last newsletter. Thanks to these efforts, Washington insurers are prevented from limiting access to reproductive health care. NoHLA Staff Attorney Huma Zarif co-authored a blog...Continue reading→

The Administration’s proposed rules allowing health care providers to refuse medical care due to religious or moral objections are gravely concerning. Comments were due this week and NoHLA joined others asking for the rule to be entirely rescinded. The rules will result in immediate harm, especially for women, people of color, people living with disabilities, poor and...Continue reading→