"No one should sacrifice their life so that their family doesn't become homeless and bankrupt from the cost of medical care."
Dr. Lantsberger has seen the true cost of our failing health care system firsthand, time and again - including a woman priced out of her asthma inhaler, an ambulance ride, and treatment. There is no valid reason people should have to go without healthcare. We need Everybody In, Nobody Out.
October 09, 2026
Washington’s Universal Health Care Commission Finance Technical Advisory Committee (FTAC) devoted its September 24 meeting to launching the financing work needed for a universal health plan. FTAC outlined a four-stage process: establish principles and assess nonfederal revenue sources; document current health-system costs and revenues;...
Read moreOctober 09, 2026
by Marcia Stedman, HCFA-WA Board Member The first hour of the Commission’s Sept. 3rd meeting was devoted to another Advocates Roundtable on Financing. It was essentially a repeat of the 2025 inaugural Roundtable on the same subject. We are disappointed that so little progress...
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