The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the American Health Care Act further confirms what we already know: the AHCA is a terrible bill for consumers, especially kids, older adults, people with disabilities and low- and middle-income families. According to the CBO’s analysis, 14 million people would lose their health care coverage in 2018 – increasing to...Continue reading→

Since the adoption of the ACA, 50% fewer Americans have filed for personal bankruptcy according to this article from Consumer Reports. This decline in bankruptcy filings is in part due to an improving economy and changes to bankruptcy laws in 2005, however experts agree that expanded health care coverage plays a major role in this decline. Although people are...Continue reading→

After attorneys general from 15 states, including Washington, filed a motion to intervene in the long-running House v. Price lawsuit over Obamacare insurance subsidies, the Trump Administration has requested a 90-day delay on an appeal. In response, Senator Charles E. Schumer released the following statement: “Clearly by today’s action and their decision to make the next payment, the White House...Continue reading→

NoHLA, along with 55 other organizations, signed on to this Seattle Times Op-Ed that directly disagrees with Washington State Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ Washington Post Op-Ed in which she claims that the AHCA bill would be better for people with disabilities and other pre-existing conditions than the current ACA. The Seattle Times Op-Ed illuminates the differences in how the...Continue reading→

Check out Commissioner Kreidler’s blog post “Women’s rights to health guaranteed in Washington state” where he references NoHLA’s contraceptive coverage report. In this report, NoHLA and NARAL Pro-Choice Washington discovered that some insurance companies selling health plans through Washington Healthplanfinder’s online marketplace misinformed women about expanded access to contraceptive care, failing to comply with the ACA’s contraceptive coverage...Continue reading→