NoHLA often hears from older adults who are looking for help with the transition to Medicare and we frequently refer individuals to the helpful resources offered through the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA).
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What We’re Watching During the Congressional Summer Recess
Everyone knows there’s a lot at stake for health care in this fall’s elections. But the current Congress still has a few months to make progress and set the tone for next year’s Congressional deliberations.
Week #7 Legislative Update – We’re Past the Two-Thirds Mark!
It’s been an exciting session so far and we are pleased to report that several of the bills that are NoHLA priorities are still making their way through the legislative process. Yesterday was the policy cutoff for bills to make it out of the opposite house.
Special Edition: Keeping Apple Health Coverage During the Public Health Emergency Unwind
NoHLA and health care advocates across the state have deep concerns about how the ending of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) may affect many of the 2.3 million Washingtonians who are covered by Apple Health.
A Critical Step to Address the Medicare Affordability Cliff
The Washington legislature is considering changes to the Medicare Savings Program (MSP) that helps people with Medicare pay their premiums, deductibles and co-payments, by raising the income eligibility limit for this help
Expanding Medicare Eligibility
We’re thrilled that one of NoHLA’s top priorities, addressing the Medicare Affordability Cliff, has an opportunity to moving forward with Rep. Farivar’s HB 1313. The much-anticipated bill will expand eligibility for Medicare Savings Programs. That increase will make more affordable health care available to an estimated 50,000 seniors and people with disabilities. NoHLA strongly supports...
January 12, 2023 Legislative Update
Welcome to the first week of the Washington state legislative session! Legislators are back in-person in Olympia for the first time since the pandemic and we expect there will be a lot of activity on big health care issues during this 105-day "long session," the first in the biennial budget cycle.