Health Care – Page 12 – Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

Health insurance premiums for the nearly 150 million people who get family health insurance through employers rose an “extraordinarily modest”

Health Care LTC & Disablilities

September 10, 2014 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

Proceed carefully in pushing insurance companies to cover sickest patients

The health care overhaul, the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) prevents insurers from rejecting customers with expensive pre-existing medical conditions.

Budget, Finance & Revenue Health Care

September 2, 2014 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

Guest: Is warehousing mental patients another state constitutional dilemma?

Article XIII in the Washington state constitution mandated that the state “foster and support” prisons, universities and institutions for the

Health Care

September 2, 2014 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

As newly insured seek care, rural doctor shortage worsens

As more people get health-insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, the doctor shortage in rural areas is worsening. In

Health Care

August 22, 2014 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

Group Health ends 20-year relationship with Virginia Mason, switches to Swedish

Group Health has signed an agreement with Swedish Health Services to provide Group Health’s Seattle-based hospital services, a decision that

Health Care Judiciary

August 22, 2014 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

End state law that criminalizes mental health patients

Washington is in a real mental-health crisis now, with the state scrambling to open hundreds of psychiatric hospital beds after

Health Care

August 21, 2014 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

What’s Troubling Mental Health?

These are the next steps for Washington state on mental-health challenges, found through months of conversations with mental-health professionals, policymakers,