Passage of Initiative 2124 would leave working Washingtonians without access to an affordable plan they can count on to provide them with money to pay for long-term care, including in-home care, when they need it.
Tag: Insurance & Coverage
Posted inViews & Reviews
Book Review: Not-so-hidden racism and profit define the sickness of “American Healthcare”
Read NPI’s review of The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich, by Thom Hartmann.
Posted inLitigation
United States Supreme Court upholds the Patient Protection Act for the *third* time
Republicans have spent the last few years packing the Supreme Court full of extremely right wing justices and they still haven’t been able to knock down the Patient Protection Act with a legal challenge.
Posted inAnnouncements
The Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan is popular with Washingtonians
60% of nine hundred and ninety two likely 2022 Washington State voters surveyed late last month by Public Policy Polling said they supported the American Rescue Plan, while 32% were opposed and 8% were not sure.
Posted inElections
Senator Elizabeth Warren takes on critics, releases plan to finance Medicare For All
The Massachusetts Senator’s plan foresees over $20 trillion in public investment over a decade, and would substantially reduce costs for ordinary Americans.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Washington State Legislature adjourns Sine Die; Jay Inslee says session a huge success
The 2019 Washington State legislative session has adjourned Sine Die. Read NPI’s recap of the session.
Posted inHealthcare
Bill to enshrine Patient Protection Act provisions into state law heads to Inslee
Washingtonians worried about Donald Trump’s efforts to destroy the Patient Protection Act can take comfort in knowing that their state government has taken action to protect the health freedoms they gained during the Obama years.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Republican Jim Walsh’s angry tirades disrupt the work of the Washington State House
Recent House floor proceedings have revealed that a Trump-loving member of the Washington State House of Representatives has an anger management problem.
Posted inElections
Immigration, healthcare, economic security discussed at Pramila Jayapal’s latest town hall
Read NPI’s recap of U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal’s sixteenth town hall, held Wednesday, May 2nd at the Seattle Central Public Library in downtown Seattle.
Posted inHealthcare
Why states are a good place to fight for health care as a human right
The path to single-payer health care can, and perhaps will, begin in the states themselves, Robert Cruickshank writes.
Posted inPolicy Topics
The curious logic of Professor Adam Carroll
NPI’s David Johnson responds to Professor Adam Carroll’s New York Times Upshot post arguing that preventative care doesn’t actually save money.
Posted inHealthcare, Open Government, Policy Topics
Trump regime sends Tom Price packing after disastrous tenure at Health & Human Services
Good riddance: Tom Price, the health and human services secretary, resigned under pressure on Friday after racking up at least $400,000 in travel bills for chartered flights and undermining [Donald] Trump’s promise to drain the swamp of a corrupt and entitled capital. Already in trouble with Mr. Trump for months of unsuccessful efforts to repeal […]
Posted inHealthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics
John McCain announces his opposition to Graham-Cassidy, likely dooming the bill
“I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal. I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried.,” McCain said in a statement.
Posted inBreaking News, Healthcare, Policy Topics
Trumpcuts defeated again as John McCain casts decisive vote against “skinny repeal”
Millions of Americans have once again won a reprieve from losing their healthcare coverage after the narrow failure of Mitch McConnell’s latest scheme to eviscerate the Patient Protection Act in the United States Senate. By a vote of fifty-one to forty-nine, the Senate rejected McConnell’s Amendment No. 667, the latest iteration of Trumpcuts. Amendment No. […]