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Universal Healthcare Forum January 2019

On January 26, universal healthcare advocates attended a public forum featuring Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski, Representative Nicole Macri, State Senators David Frockt, Joe Nguyen, & Bob Hasegawa. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Photo by Maria Kearney. More photos here.

You can watch the entire forum below.



Congresswoman Jayapal's inspiring report is 5 minutes long and starts at 5 minutes into the video, following the Washington State Labor Council officers' 5-minute welcoming remarks.

Presented by Health Care is a Human Right Coalition

Sponsors:
Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
WA Community Action Network
Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action
Health Care for All-WA
SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW
Physicians for a National Health Program - W. WA
Seattle Indivisible
Northwest Health Law Advocates

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