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What health funding is buried in the legislature’s competing budgets

In the Washington State legislature, both the House and Senate have passed their versions of the 2021-2023 biennium Operating Budgets. Legislators are now beginning negotiations...Read More

Drug price transparency bill dies in Senate Health & Long-term Care Committee

On the last day to pass bills out of legislative committees on Friday, the Senate Health & Long-term Care Committee conducted a public hearing on...Read More

Senate bills passed Tuesday target criminal justice, health care

Several bills passed in the Senate Tuesday, covering a wide array of issues related to criminal justice, health care and families on public assistance. These...Read More

Senate passes bills increasing Medicaid rates

A bill passed Monday by the Washington State Senate would expand access to Washington’s health care system by increasing Medicaid rates. Senate Bill 6676, sponsored...Read More

Morning Wire: HCA turnover, public records task force, economic review

New SEIU leadership, turnover at the HCA, and the second quarter economic review are all featured in this week's Morning Wire....Read More