Universal healthcare. By bill or by ballot!
Remember last July’s special screening of Healing Us? Did the oppressive heat keep you away? We were in triple digits in Seattle when we first watched the documentary in its final stages. But now it’s complete with the ultimate enhancement: Susan Sarandon’s narration! It was amazing then, and we can’t wait to see it now. With you!...
Our vice-chair Kathryn Lewandowsky was a guest speaker on the Thom Hartmann Program. Kathryn appears at 2:16:00. Please watch then try and call into Thom and tell your story or add info we didn’t have time to cover. And tell him you’d like to hear from Andre also.
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...
The Whole Washington Board of Directors held their February meeting this afternoon. The Board meeting was open to the public and a recording is linked below. We hope you will join us at future Board meetings, as maintaining a close relationship between our volunteers and leadership is essential to building a grassroots people-powered movement. Please...
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...
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...
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