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Press Release: The Universal Healthcare Work Group Final Report Is Released
January 21, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 20, 2021Contact: Marcia Stedman, President, 206-261-1759 [email protected] Publicly Funded Universal Healthcare Would Save $2.4 Billion in First Year, $5.6 Billion in Subsequent Years Health Care for All-Washington (HCFA-WA) seeks to build upon the findings detailed in the Final Report of the Health Care...
Read MoreHCFA-WA Op Ed in Everett Herald by Dr. Chris Covert-Bowlds and Dr. Daniel J. Schaffer: Front-line workers call for medical care for all
September 14, 2020
From the September 11 edition of the Everett Herald: A state work group is discussing how to build a universal health care system; your voice is needed. Register for public comment here. Today, more than 195,000 Americans and 2,050 Washingtonians are dead from COVID-19....
Read MoreNisqually Valley News Op Ed by Dr. Chris Covert-Bowlds and Dr. Daniel J. Schaffer: Health Care in the Age of Pandemic, Economic Chaos and Racial Disparities
September 14, 2020
From the September 1 edition of the Nisqually Valley News: Today, more than 185,000 Americans and 1,900 Washingtonians are dead from COVID-19. The 5.7 million Americans and 73,000 Washingtonians and 6 million Americans who have so far survived the virus will suffer consequences we...
Read MoreSpokesman-Review Op Ed by Dr. Paula Lantsberger and Dr. Reena Koshy: The storm of our lifetime has cost our livelihoods — it should not cost our lives
September 14, 2020
From today's Spokesman-Review: “We’re all in this together,” said Gov. Jay Inslee, as he issued the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order in response to COVID-19. More than 1,800 Washingtonians have died from the virus, including essential workers. But while we may be in the same storm,...
Read MoreHCFA-WA President Marcia Stedman quoted in Crosscut article on ways to cut costs of prescription drugs
February 16, 2020
From Canadian imports to price caps, WA lawmakers seek ways to cut drug prices, a Crosscut article on insulin affordability legislation quotes President Marcia Stedman's support of SB 6087 delivered to the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee last month.
Read MoreSeattle entertainment icon Pat Cashman to Host Healthcare for All-WA Benefit July 28, 2018
June 15, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 15 2018 Health Care For All-WA is pleased to announce our first-ever Summer Gala & Auction event in Seattle, Washington on Saturday, July 28 at the 415 Westlake banquet hall. Please join us for this silent auction and fundraiser. We have some exciting...
Read MoreThe Stranger: Washington State Is One (Small) Step Closer to Single-Payer Healthcare
March 27, 2018
Reporter Rich Smith from long-standing Seattle weekly The Stranger recently reported on our legislative progress and spoke with HCFA-WA program director Bevin McLeod about our next steps.
Read MoreHCFA-WA President Marcia Stedman on Indivisible WA podcast
January 12, 2018
"Healthcare would be privately delivered but publicly financed through the Washington Health Security Trust...health professionals and patients would make the medical decisions, not an insurance company."
Read MoreHealth Care Activists Take to Olympia Capitol Steps January 16 to Demand Action
January 11, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 11, 2018 Non-profit Health Care for All - WA is holding their first rally and lobby day in Olympia, with a Senate hearing on their bill #SB5701, in their efforts to pass universal health care coverage as the majority of Americans...
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