Washington created a permanent Universal Health Care Commission (UHCC) within the Health Care Authority (the entity that manages wahealthplanfinder.gov) with the passage of SB.5399 in 2021. They are tasked with studying, designing, and recommending policy changes that address the most immediate shortcomings of our healthcare system while creating a foundation and pathway to universal healthcare for Washington. Their main deliverable is an annual Report to the Legislature every November.
Whole Washington supports the work of the UHCC and has presented to them multiple times about the problems with our healthcare system and the design of the Washington Health Trust which we ask them to recommend to the Legislature for passage.
More information about the Commission
Our presentations
Whole Washington has been invited to give public testimony to the UHCC on multiple occasions. This commission is tasked with studying, designing, and recommending healthcare policy to the Washington State Legislature to be voted into law. These presentations have been an opportunity for Whole Washington to explain how The Washington Health Trust works in detail to both the public as well as lawmakers and public administrators.