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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Competing Affordable Care Act (ACA) “Fixes”

Senator Mitch McConnell is holding off action on the Alexander-Murray bipartisan deal while waiting for a commitment from President Trump that he would approve. The legislation was announced two…

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Our Crystal Ball Predicts More Federal Health Cuts

Both the House and the Senate recently approved a budget resolution for 2018. It may not matter since it is essentially an outline, but it signals the Republican majority’s…

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Congressional Foot-Dragging Puts Children’s Health at Risk

As we celebrate 10 years of state- and federally-supported Apple Health for all Washington kids, we recognize that federal inaction puts the entire program in jeopardy. The House…

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Health Care Access for WA State Dreamers

“Dreamers” – immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children without documents – are unclear about what will happen next given the Administration’s announcement terminating the Deferred Action for…

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NoHLA Responds to Health & Human Services’ Strategic Direction

We wrote about the HHS draft strategic plan in early October. Comments were due last week and NoHLA joined the many organizations expressing concern for the direction the…

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It’s a Wrap: Advocating for Health Care Consumers in Uncertain Times

Over 50 people joined NoHLA at our Continuing Legal Education Seminar last Friday. We had many great speakers and topics. Executive Director, Janet Varon, went live on Facebook…

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