Universal healthcare. By bill or by ballot!
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 testimony at the hearing. A link to the full text of SJM 8006 and the...
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, entered data, marched, sat in meetings, and joined us on Slack. You are the spark...Continue reading
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 few moments to comment on the bill and ask for it to have a hearing?...
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 action you can take this giving Tuesday. 1. Become a recurring Whole Washington donor – small...Continue reading
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 will take some time to sift through all the results, but it appears that Medicare...Continue reading
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
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. The initiative pushes for a publicly funded universal healthcare system for all citizens regardless of...
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.
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 volunteer. wholewashington.org/volunteer
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 answer we’re all rallying for. This pandemic has devasted us. We’ve lost so many, and...Continue reading