Threading the Needle: Bipartisan Compromise on Market Stabilization?

Congress returned to DC last week and are once again tackling health care. The Senate Health Committee started hearings about stabilizing the health insurance market. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN)…

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Competing Proposals – Repeal and Replace or Medicare for All?

Yesterday, two contrasting health care reform proposals were released. The Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson plan appears to have similar effects to the recent Republican ACA repeal proposals and would  strip coverage…

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Federal Slashing of Outreach and Enrollment Does Not Affect Washington

The Administration announced a 72% cut to the outreach and enrollment budget for the upcoming Open Enrollment period. This cut does not directly affect Washington State and other…

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DACA: Threats to Young Immigrants Raise Concerns about Health Care Access

The federal Administration announced last week that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months. The program currently allows over 800,000 young ‘Dreamers’…

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Washington State Investigates Maternal Mortality

Maternal mortality is on the rise in the United States, increasing from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 births in 1987 to 17.3 in 2013. These rates are higher than expected…

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Charity Care Under Close Examination Closer to Home

Last week, Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma for withholding charity care from low-income patients. State law requires hospitals to provide…

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Congress on Recess, but Uncertainty Lingers

The Republicans have not given up on repealing Obamacare, but attention appears to be shifting to a bipartisan approach to achieve market stability. Senator Lamar…

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Washington Lawmakers Weigh In

“All lawmakers should be committed to working in a bipartisan manner to achieve needed improvements for our health care system. This should start with a commitment from President Trump…

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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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