On July 30, 1965, Americans began to breathe easier, knowing that they wouldn’t become destitute due to the cost of medical care for their family members over the age of 65 or those with disabilities. Nowadays, the publicly insured Medicare program itself is under threat by those who would turn it into a privately insured and administered Medicare Advantage plan.
Take action today to level the Medicare playing field and enable state-based universal health care in Washington!
- Sign on to the “Level the Playing Field” letter to Pres. Biden: https://www.psara.org/closet
- Please urge your Senators to sponsor a Senate version of SBUHCA sponsored by Sen. Markey. The Senate recesses on August 2 and we want to recruit sponsors before the recess. Read One Payer State’s What is SBUHCA.
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View Warren George's excellent update of the Oregon Universal Health Care Plan Governance Board
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Read below to find out how profiteers are harming Medicare
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Taking Advantage: How Corporate Health Insurers Harm America’s Seniors
Medicare Advantage (MA), the privately-administered version of Traditional Medicare (TM), is causing significant harm to America’s patients, providers, and health care system. The insurers who run MA plans claim that they lead to better patient care and outcomes while saving money, but this is far from the truth. -
To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
Dr. Ed Weisbart’s Opinion Piece in Common Dreams calling for our movement to connect the fight against Medicare Advantage with the fight for Medicare for All.
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July Finance Technical Advisory Committee meeting recap: Why cost sharing is not the way to lower the cost of health care
By Consuelo Echeverria
Once again, the Finance Technical Advisory Committee is off track. Rather than choose a benefit design from the many models that already exist in Washington, such as the benefits offered to Washington's Medicaid enrollees or public and state employees, the July FTAC was a deep dive into cost sharing with no model to pin it on. Furthermore, they posited that cost sharing was the most effective tool to lower the cost of care with little examination of the literature or how other countries provide affordable healthcare that is accessible by all of their citizens.
We have solutions - read all about them!
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Tue, Aug. 13 |
One Payer State Office Hours Rose Roach, Minnesota Single Payer, Labor Campaign for Single-Payer and Minnesota actions on healthcare reform. Register here |
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| Wed, Aug. 14 |
2nd Wednesday Speaker Series - Health Care Access for the Marshallese in WA, with Robin Narruhn, PhD, MN, RN |
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Thur, Aug. 15 |
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Universal Health Care Commission This meeting will be held on Zoom and in person at HCA |
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Wed, Sep. 4 |
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Finance Technical Advisory Committee This meeting will be held on Zoom |
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★ Editors: Consuelo Echeverria & Marcia Stedman ★
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