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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 1/31/2025 Contact: press@wholewashington.org Press resources: www.wholewashington.org/press Universal healthcare resolution passes Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee Olympia, WA – A universal healthcare resolution numbered Senate Joint Memorial (SJM) 8004 received a public hearing in the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee on January 30th and was voted through the following day. Introduced by Senator Bob Hasegawa,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 1/26/2025 Contact: press@wholewashington.org Press resources: www.wholewashington.org/press Washington State Democratic Party votes to endorse universal healthcare legislation Tacoma, WA – The Washington State Democratic Party has endorsed universal healthcare legislation through a decisive majority vote of its state committee members at a party meeting in Tacoma on January 26th. The proposal, known as the Washington Health Trust,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/21/2025 Contact: press@wholewashington.org Press resources: www.wholewashington.org/press/ Universal healthcare legislation introduced into House for the first time Olympia, WA – The Washington Health Trust, a statewide universal healthcare proposal backed by Whole Washington and the Health Care is a Human Right coalition, has been introduced into both chambers of the state legislature as HB.1445 and SB.5233....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/21/2025 Contact: press@wholewashington.org Press resources: www.wholewashington.org/press/ Universal healthcare legislation introduced into House for the first time Olympia, WA – Representative Lisa Parshley of the 22nd Legislative District has introduced HB.1445 as a companion bill to the statewide universal healthcare bill SB.5233, often called the Washington Health Trust, into the state House of Representatives for the very first time....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/20/2025 Contact: press@wholewashington.org Press resources: www.wholewashington.org/press/ Universal healthcare legislation reintroduced into Senate to record cosponsors Olympia, WA – Senator Bob Hasegawa of the 11th Legislative District has reintroduced a statewide universal healthcare bill called the Washington Health Trust into the Senate with a record 11 cosponsors. The bill has been assigned the number SB.5233. Originally introduced...

For Immediate Release April 23, 2024 Contact: info@wholewashington.org Whole Washington to host a series of Town Halls across the state- next stop, Aberdeen Aberdeen - Whole Washington is crossing the state to talk to communities all over about Washington’s healthcare system. Their “Let's Make Healthcare Happen!” town halls are non-partisan, educational events, open to everyone....

For Immediate Release April 23, 2024 Contact: info@wholewashington.org Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and Undue Medical Debt are teaming up with Whole Washington to host a series of Town Halls Olympia -  Whole Washington is teaming up with Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) and Undue Medical Debt to talk to communities all over about...