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
NoHLA Celebrates A Major Supreme Court Victory for Medicaid Beneficiaries
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major opinion affirming the right of Medicaid beneficiaries to sue when their civil rights are violated.
Special Edition: Keeping Apple Health Coverage During the Public Health Emergency Unwind
NoHLA and health care advocates across the state have deep concerns about how the ending of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) may affect many of the 2.3 million Washingtonians who are covered by Apple Health.
It’s Week 16 of the Legislative Session-Celebrating Budget Wins for Health Equity and Access!
NoHLA is applauding big wins for health equity and access in the final budget!
It’s Week 15 of the Legislative Session-The Last Day of Session is Nearly Here-April 23rd!
This Sunday, April 23rd, is the last day of the 2023 legislative session
Awaiting the Final Budget, Watching Many Bills
All eyes are on the final biennial operating budget this week, which is due out any day now.
Improving All Health with Better Oral Health
After many years of advocacy from the WA Dental Access Campaign, in which NoHLA participates, a bill expanding access to oral health care by allowing dental therapists to practice at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), ESHB 1678, finally passed the Legislature!
Preserving Access to Medication Abortion Care: NoHLA Joins Amicus Effort to Fight Texas Mifepristone Court Ruling
In what may be the biggest reproductive health decision since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, we are watching the legal proceedings on the availability of one of the medications used most in abortions - mifepristone.
It’s Week 13 of the Legislative Session: Here’s what’s left, after the opposite house fiscal cutoff!
There have been many bill hearings as the Legislature sprinted toward the opposite house policy cutoff on March 29th and the opposite house fiscal cutoff earlier this week on April 4th. Now we’re in the final stretch for bills to make it out of the Rules Committee and receive a vote on the floor before...
Fair Health Prices Bills Face Industry Pushback-But Momentum Continues for Change
After lengthy negotiations and significant pushback from industry lobbyists, Fair Health Prices Washington decided to end advocacy efforts on HB 1508 this year with the strong version that passed out of the House rather than advancing the bill in the Senate.