We Care for WA Cares: Press Releases
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Olympia – Washington State lawmakers are acting to add portability – the most commonly requested change – to Washington’s long term care benefit for an estimated 3.5 million workers. HB 2467 has been approved by the House and was just sent to the Senate floor by the Rules Committee. The measure will implement a key recommendation from the state’s Long-Term… Read full press release
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Olympia, WA: Senators in Olympia voted 34 – 15 to strengthen and expand long term care benefits for the more than 3 million working Washingtonians currently participating in WA Cares. SB 6072 passed with bipartisan support. Another bill, HB 2467, to also expand long term care coverage, is expected to move through the House this week. Julie Sparkman, a working mother… Read full press release
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Olympia, WA: Senators in Olympia voted 34 – 15 to strengthen and expand long term care benefits for the more than 3 million working Washingtonians currently participating in WA Cares. SB 6072 passed with bipartisan support. Another bill, HB 2467, to also expand long term care coverage, is expected to move through the House this week. Julie Sparkman, a working mother… Read full press release
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Washington State – At a news briefing today, disease, health, worker, and consumer organizations representing 1.5 million Washingtonians celebrated the launch of the WA Cares Fund, a first-in-the-nation public long term care benefit for workers. In July, more than 3 million workers in Washington will begin building their new long term care benefits. A recording of the briefing can be found here. Workers… Read full press release
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Olympia – Seven out of ten Washingtonians will need long term care at some point, but 90% don’t have long term care insurance, and most folks don’t have enough savings to pay for care out of pocket. The high cost of corporate insurance policies, and the track record of private companies’ limiting coverage, denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions,… Read full press release