Harborview as busy as ever, even with more people insured
With more people obtaining health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, places like Harborview Medical Center are providing much less
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Health Care
Slight bump in premiums for employer health plans: Study
Health insurance premiums for the nearly 150 million people who get family health insurance through employers rose an “extraordinarily modest”
Read MoreProceed 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.
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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
Read MoreAs 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
Read MoreGroup 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
Read MoreEnd 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
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