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Meet the Universal Health Care Commission: Introductions
January 19, 2022
We are spotlighting the members of the Universal Health Care Commission who introduced themselves at our Second Wednesday Speaker Series on December 8. On the recommendation of the offices of the Washington State Health Care Authority and the Attorney General, we invited only the...
Read MoreDr. Stephen Kemble's Presentation & Q&A from our Annual Meeting
December 20, 2021
Highlights from Dr. Kemble’s talkFind a PDF of his slideshow here. A lot of money flows through public programs, particularly Medicare and Medicaid. Private business interests want to tap into this money, but claims processing is only about 2% of healthcare dollars. If private...
Read MoreRECAP & VIDEO: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices 2nd Wednesday Speaker Series
September 17, 2021
September 8: Lowering Prescription Drug Prices in Washington State Policies to control high prescription drug prices have been proposed at the federal level, but very little effective action has been taken.(But now there’s an opportunity, with the #BuildBackBetter Reconciliation Package being debated right now!...
Read MoreQ & A on 2SSB 5399, the Universal Health Care Commission
February 19, 2021
Elaine Cox with contributions from Sarah Weinberg, MD We’ve seen and heard a lot of questions and discussion about why HCFA-WA is endorsing 2SSB 5399, Concerning the creation of a universal health care commission. We’d like to address some of these concerns using a Q &...
Read MoreUniversal Health Care Work Group Findings Explained
February 18, 2021
Our February 10 one-hour Work Group Findings Zoom meeting featured four members of the Universal Health Care Work Group: Denny Dellwo, former chair of the Washington State House Health Care Committee; Lynnette Vehrs, MN, RN, and president of the Washington State Nurses Association; Ronnie...
Read MoreHCFA-WA Op Ed in Spokesman Review: Single-payer, publicly administered health care system is the best solution
January 28, 2021
Published 1/26/21 in the Spokesman-Review From HCFA-WA members Cris Currie, RN (ret), MA, former Rep. Denny Dellwo, Dan Schaffer, MD, and Lynette Vehrs, RN, MN: To the Editor: Imagine if everyone in Washington state could get truly affordable, high quality health care, when they...
Read MoreThe Universal Healthcare Work Group Final Report Is Released
January 21, 2021
January 20, 2021 Publicly Funded Universal Healthcare Would Save $2.4 Billion in First Year, $5.6 Billion in Subsequent Years Health Care for All-Washington (HCFA-WA) seeks to build upon the findings detailed in the Final Report of the Health Care Authority’s Universal Health Care Work Group (UHCWG)...
Read MoreUniversal Health Care Work Group Final Meeting: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Model A
December 18, 2020
By Elaine Cox, HCFA-WA e.Bulletin editor The final December Universal Health Care Work Group meeting brought more clearly into focus the work that lies ahead for advocates of state-based publicly-funded universal health care. While many of the challenges, excuses and resistance are familiar to...
Read More2020: A Rollercoaster of a Year!
December 18, 2020
By Marcia Stedman, HCFA-WA Board President Over the past year, everyone has learned new ways of surviving, communicating, and maybe even thriving in our COVID-altered universe. For HCFA-WA, it’s been a bit of a roller-coaster. From the heights of our legislative wins – passage...
Read More2020 Annual Meeting Report + Videos
November 29, 2020
Health Care for All Washington held our first virtual Annual Meeting on November 15, and we were so gratified to have the best turnout EVER. Things went surprisingly smoothly for our first webinar-style presentation that included panelists! We saw participant numbers reach into 100,...
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