We Care for WA Cares: Press Releases

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

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

Washington State – Experts and consumers joined a media briefing today to explain why millions of Washingtonians need the WA Cares Fund, and why some special interests are trying to take it down. The entire country is facing a long term care crisis. According to a recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, one in five Americans is receiving unpaid care from a… Read full press release

Washington State – Experts and consumers joined a media briefing today to explain why millions of Washingtonians need the WA Cares Fund, and why some special interests are trying to take it down. The entire country is facing a long term care crisis. According to a recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, one in five Americans is receiving unpaid care from a… Read full press release