We have some exciting news. The Commission Team is Forming Now We’re looking for volunteers to join a new team to focus on the WA State Universal Health Care Commission (UHCC) and its progress. The Commission is tasked with making “…the health care system more accessible by increasing access to quality, affordable health care.” That simply isn’t...
On February 14th, 2023, the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care held a hearing on Senate Joint Memorial 8006, a joint resolution from the Washington state legislature to President Biden and the United States Congress requesting that the federal government implement a universal healthcare system. Several volunteers from Whole Washington attended and gave...
Hello Healthcare Justice Activists — Since our last update, we have been hard at work finishing the campaign for I-1471 while forging ahead with the new legislative session. Finishing 2022 and I-1471 So what was our final count? Well according to our data dashboard, we collected 87,557! Congratulations, and thank you to everyone who signed, gathered,...
Universal healthcare has been introduced in the Washington State Senate! Great news: we have a bill number for our Universal Healthcare legislation! SB 5335 will create a state-wide, non-profit healthcare system — the Washington Health Trust. Senator Hasegawa introduced the bill, and now we need YOUR help to get it passed! Can you take a...
Watch Power to Heal for our latest “Dinner & Movie” night series Looking for an easy way to get back into the healthcare justice movement? This MLK Day you are invited to join Whole Washington for a special film screening in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy. Join us online Monday (1/16/23) at 5:30pm for...
Happy holidays! Whole Washington is working to collect every signature and petition sheet we can before the December 30th deadline. If you have any sheets with signatures on them, please get them turned in as soon as possible! Even if the sheet only has a single signature, please try to get it back to us. Turning them...
Hello Signature Captains and Signature Gatherers! Thank you SO much for all the effort you have extended on behalf of initiative 1471. The signature deadline is truly upon us. Please make a plan to get signed pages back to the campaign. Their final destination will be a presentation to the Secretary of State’s office and...
Happy Giving Tuesday! We hope you’re doing well this holiday season – Whole Washington is thankful for the incredible dedication of the healthcare justice movement. To every volunteer, donor, and supporter of Whole Washington, you are our constant reminder that we can win healthcare for all. We have a few humble suggestions for...
Yesterday was quite the exciting election night and while we are waiting on some results we have some BIG victories for #HealthcareJustice we’d like to share! National Improved Medicare for All (NIMA) Medicare for All seems to have held up well this midterm. We are still waiting for some races to be called, and it...
Happy election week! Whole Washington is continuing to gather signatures for I-1471 to get universal healthcare on the ballot statewide. But does your ballot already have a Whole Washington supporter on it? As you fill out your ballot, check out these candidates for office who have endorsed or cosponsored at least one version of the Washington...