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Funding for Children’s Health Insurance Program Ends Soon
Nearly 9 million children in families with incomes above Medicaid eligibility thresholds are covered by the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in a year….
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State Legislative Session Wrap-up
This week, NoHLA released summaries on passed legislation and the final operating budget relating to health care…
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Legislative Session Spotlight: Paid Family Leave
The Washington State Legislature secured the passage of paid family leave this legislative session. While this is not directly health care-related, it will have a…
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Uncovering Maternal Mortality
A flurry of articles lately address the troubling trend of increasing maternal mortality in the U.S., which has doubled in the last two decades. Two…
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Good Start, But It’s Not Over Yet!
We breathed a collective sigh of relief upon hearing the news Thursday night that the latest efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) had failed. A few Republican…
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A Life Saving Outcome
Our friend, Jane*, is also breathing a sigh of relief. Jane is a gardener who was uninsured for most of her adult life – until the Affordable Care Act…
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Senate Republicans Rush to Repeal ACA and Cut Medicaid
Today, the Senate is expected to vote on a new version of ACA repeal legislation. After votes on other versions failed, Republicans may now pursue…
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House Committee Passes Budget Resolution Slashing Medicaid and Medicare
While everyone’s eyes have been on the Senate, the House Budget Committee passed a budget resolution along party lines last week. The resolution cuts $487 billion from Medicare and…
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Legislature Calls it Quits with a Medicaid Dental Cut and No Capital Budget
After a lengthy 193-day session, the Legislature adjourned last week, approving an operating budget in the nick of time but failing to pass capital budget….
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New Health Equity Tool for ACH Evaluation
The Consumer and Community Voices (CCV) Work Group of the King County Accountable Community of Health (ACH), including NoHLA senior staff attorney Daniel Gross, created an…
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