Children and Community Health Centers Dangling by a String

Congress got waylaid in its protracted efforts to take down the ACA, causing it to move directly to the tax bills. Meanwhile, families, clinics and states are wondering what…

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Open Enrollment Continues to See Gains

We are almost one month into Open Enrollment for individual health insurance! In the first two weeks, Washington’s HealthPlanFinder reported a 58% increase in enrollments over the same…

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And If Ongoing Congressional Threats to the ACA Weren’t Enough…

The Trump Administration is proposing to gut standards for coverage of health benefits in the individual insurance market. In late October, the Administration released their proposed 2019 “payment…

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Changes on the Horizon Following Election Day

Democratic candidates for Governor won in both Virginia and New Jersey – providing optimism for Democrats preparing for next year’s mid-term elections. At home, the WA State Senate flipped…

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A Health & Human Services Nominee Straight Out of Pharma

After the resignation of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price amid scandal, President Trump announced his replacement pick, Alex M. Azar. Most recently an executive at…

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Insurance Coverage Sign-ups Surge After Open Enrollment Begins

President Trump slashed outreach and enrollment funding and ended cost-sharing reduction payments to disrupt the Exchange. Open Enrollment began on November 1 and enrollment has surged across…

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Immigration and Health Care Breakfast Briefing Draws Early Risers

NoHLA hosted a breakfast briefing featuring our Executive Director, Janet Varon, and special guest, Jorge L. Baron, Executive Director of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. Jorge focused on the…

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New Resource on Immigrants and Health Care Access

In conjunction with the breakfast briefing last week, NoHLA teamed up with Northwest Justice Project to publish a new resource, Responding to Immigrants’ and Refugees’ Fears about Health…

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Attacks on Health Care Keep on Coming!

The Senate Republicans are again attacking the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This week, they added a new provision to their tax bill repealing the requirement that everyone have insurance….

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Trump Cost Sharing Reduction Payment Decision Causes Higher Premiums and Federal Deficit

A lawsuit from 18 states will move forward challenging the elimination of cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments. However, the judge denied the states’ request to require the federal government to…

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