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...
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🍎 How did #HealthcareJustice do on election day?
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...
Now Is the Time – Movie Night
Tonight 8/23 at 5:30 pm Pacific Time Whole Washington presents Now Is the Time: Healthcare for Everybody, a documentary film by Terry Sterrenberg and Laurie Simons. Join us for this online movie night fundraiser! REGISTER HERE for ZOOM LINK
Whole WA in the Tacoma Weekly
Nurses Push For Universal Healthcare By Stephanie Valenti Whole Washington members are asking for help in gathering 400,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to advocate for Initiative 1471. Volunteers Pam Ketzner, a retired nurse, and Laura Fielding, a holistic healthcare practitioner, were at Wright Park on Wednesday, June 22, collecting signatures for Whole Washington’s Initiative 1471....
Medicare for All Gets a Hearing in the Senate
Huge news Medicare For All will be discussed in the Budget Committee today! It is imperative that our Senators know we demand Medicare for All. No more insurance premiums. No more deductibles. No more co-payments. Health care is right, not a privilege. It’s time for Medicare for All.
We Have an Initiative Number! I-1471
It’s really happening! Our initiative is making its way through the process. The Secretary of State assigned our number. It’s 1471 and we’re feeling incredibly hopeful about it! There are some final approval steps and then off to the printers. We’ll be able to start gathering signatures in early May. Now is the perfect time to...
How to Watch 👀 the (very early) M4A Hearing Tomorrow, 3/29
Get that coffee brewing early tomorrow. The hearing starts at 6 AM Pacific Time! Examining Pathways to Universal Health Coverage That’s the name of the Tuesday’s hearing in the U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Oversight and Reform. This is a hybrid hearing, meaning Medicare for All is not the only topic; however, it’s the...
Huge Healthcare News Friday!! Both State & National!
What a week for healthcare! Spring is off to a great start for genuine progress. First up, our big update: Yes! On Thursday evening, after many reviews, our Campaign Director pressed SUBMIT. The initiative to create the first state-wide, non-profit, public healthcare system in the U.S. has been filed with the Secretary of State! What’s...
Whole Washington Townhall 5/8/2021
Whole Washington dives deep into where our current healthcare dollars go. Sat. May 8th 2021 Town Hall Video on YouTube
Whole Washington is on Jenerational Change Podcast!
Georgia Davenport joins JENERATIONAL CHANGE Based in South Florida, this podcast is hosted by Jen Perelman, the Congressional candidate who challenged Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Always great discussion on progressive policy, and this episode features Whole Washington and the strategy to win Single Payer healthcare through the states!