More About Us
- 2026 HCFA-WA Strategic Plan NEW posted 11/17/2025
- HCFA-WA's Universal Healthcare Pathway NEW posted 11/17/2025
- HCFA-WA's new brochure
The Washington Health Security Trust (WHST)
- Proposed WHST Bill 2024 NEW posted 1/8/2025
- WHST Summary & Background 2025 NEW posted 1/10/2025
- FAQ on the WHST 2025 NEW posted 3/15/2025
- WHST Presentation Final: Download Powerpoint file or view/download PDF
- Comparing the WHST with Whole Washington's WHT 2025 NEW posted 3/15/2025
2025 Legislative Successes
- SJM 8004 – Urges Congress to support universal healthcare and give Washington State flexibility to establish its own comprehensive system.
- SB 5493 – Increases hospital price transparency.
- SB 5083 – Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. (Reference-based pricing)
- SB 5480 – Prevents medical debt from affecting credit scores.
- HB 1392 – Creating the Medicaid access program.
- Three budget provisos – funding for the Universal Health Care Commission, transitioning ex-Medicaid enrollees to the WA Health Benefit Exchange, and a study on the effect of credit history on health insurance premiums.
For full details, visit Current Legislation
Single Payer Resources
- Free eBook! A Single Payer Q&A by Cris Currie, RN.
- Introduction to the State Based Universal Health Care Act (SBUHCA)
- ERISA and State Single-Payer Healthcare: A Primer
- Single Payer: The Healthcare System That America Needs
- Frequently Asked Questions about Single Payer
- Single Payer/Affordable Care Act comparisons
- On designing a ‘robust’ Public Option for Washington’s Health Benefits Exchange
Other States
OR Oregon Health Authority Task Force on Universal Health Care
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CT Health Care for All Connecticut
MA Health Care for All Massachusetts
One Payer States
Medicare and Medicare Advantage
- What is Medicare Advantage?
- Our Payments, Their Profits: Medicare Advantage Overpayment Report by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
- State Innovation Waivers in 2017
Tool Kits & How To
Archives
- Historical archive - a repository of our material on past legislative sessions
- WHST 101: The Washington Health Security Trust
- WHST 102: The Business Case for Universal Health Care