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Celebrating 10 Years of Covering All Kids in Washington State
Ten years ago, the Health Coalition for Children and Youth worked with House Speaker Frank Chopp, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown and Governor Christine Gregoire to pass landmark…
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The Power of the Pen
An Executive Order directed the Administration to consider expanding access to association health plans, short-term limited duration insurance plans and health reimbursement arrangements in employer sponsored coverage. The…
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Even DACA Brings Us Right Back to Health Care
When President Trump announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would end in March 2018, it devastated 800,000 “dreamers” and their families. Unfortunately, without the protection…
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Hands Off My Birth Control!
This was the rallying cry after new interim final rules were released expanding ACA contraceptive coverage requirement exemptions. The new rules would allow any company to deny coverage…
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Puerto Rico’s Medicaid Block Grant Insufficient in Emergencies
Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria last month. During a debt crisis, they also faced Zika virus last year. It became clear during that public health emergency that…
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It’s (Almost) All Health Care, All the Time in Congress
The Administrations action to stop CSRs may light a fire under Congress to authorize the CSRs and may even help to stabilize the individual market. But Congress also has…
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What Does the Public Think?
The Kaiser Family Foundation October Health Tracking Poll finds public support for stabilizing the ACA marketplace with guaranteed CSR payments. Most importantly, 71% of respondents would prefer to…
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“Listen All of Y’all It’s a Sabotage”
The words of the Beastie Boys “Sabotage” have been running through (some of) our heads recently as the President takes more swipes at the Affordable Care Act (ACA)….
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No More Insurance Company “Bailouts”
The President announced that the government would stop paying cost-sharing subsidies immediately. The future of cost sharing reductions (CSRs) has been murky, as detailed back in August. Unless…
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Distracted Senate Drops the Ball on Important Reauthorizations – Significant Impacts on Low-Income Families Possible
Despite an announcement of a deal on Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reauthorization a few weeks ago, the Senate took no action when they quickly shifted attention to Graham-Cassidy….
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