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May 6

For immediate release: I-1471 Campaign Launch in Tacoma, Free Showing of ‘Sicko,’ Featuring Q&A with Michael Moore & Donna Smith

Jen Nye, jen@wholewashington.org | Andre Stackhouse, Andre.stackhouse@wholewashington.org, Phone: (971) 716–1865 WHEN: Saturday, May 7th, 9am — 12pm WHERE: Live at the Grand Cinema, 606 Fawcett and online WHO: Michael Moore, Director of ‘Sicko’ will stream in for a Q & A after the movie showing. Donna Smith, who appears in…

Health

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For immediate release: I-1471 Campaign Launch in Tacoma, Free Showing of ‘Sicko,’ Featuring Q&A…
For immediate release: I-1471 Campaign Launch in Tacoma, Free Showing of ‘Sicko,’ Featuring Q&A…

Mar 31

Whole Washington Announces the Filing and Signature Gathering for (Universal Healthcare)

Whole Washington, a grassroots group dedicated to getting Universal Healthcare passed in the state of Washington, filed an Initiative to the Legislature on March 23rd, 2022. The bill would create The Washington Health Trust, guaranteeing high-quality and comprehensive benefits that include vision, dental, audiology, mental health services, prescription drug coverage…

Healthcare

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Whole Washington Announces the Filing and Signature Gathering for (Universal Healthcare)
Whole Washington Announces the Filing and Signature Gathering for (Universal Healthcare)

Mar 9

It’s Time For Biden to Stand Up to Big Pharma

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people worldwide still don’t have access to COVID vaccines and treatments. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies are making $1 million per hour of profits but our elected officials refuse to stand up to them, likely because our representatives get campaign…

Healthcare

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It’s Time For Biden to Stand Up to Big Pharma
It’s Time For Biden to Stand Up to Big Pharma

Oct 6, 2021

Through the States

The Canadian Strategy for Passing Universal Healthcare The article “Medicare for None: A Response to the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021” (Common Dreams May, 29, 2021) misses the bill’s point. The article claims that Congressman Ro Khanna’s bill will cause the Balkanization of Medicare, but in reality, the bill will provide the framework for saving…

Healthcare

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Through the States
Through the States

Jan 29, 2021

Despite High Expectations, Washington’s Universal Health Care Work Group Falls Short

After much noise, some cautious optimism from healthcare organizations, and nearly two years of work, the Universal Health Care Work Group (UHCG) fell well short of the goal many of us hoped for: a recommendation to the legislature of a state-based single payer system. So why after input from hundreds…

Healthcare

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Despite High Expectations, Washington’s Universal Health Care Work Group Falls Short
Despite High Expectations, Washington’s Universal Health Care Work Group Falls Short

Mar 26, 2019

The Precinct Caucus: A Story of How I Got “Activated”

On March 26, 2016, three years ago to the day as I write this, I woke up extra early and got gussied up. I was going to do something I had never done before: participate in a presidential caucus. Having come from a closed primary state, where even for the…

Politics

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The Precinct Caucus: A Story of How I Got “Activated”
The Precinct Caucus: A Story of How I Got “Activated”

Jan 9, 2019

The “Public Option” That Isn’t: How Washington Governor Jay Inslee and King County Executive Dow Constantine Got It So Wrong

“The public health insurance option, also known as the public insurance option or the public option, is a proposal to create a government-run health insurance agency that would compete with other private health insurance companies within the United States.” [source] Before I begin, I would like to first say that…

Healthcare

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The “Public Option” That Isn’t: How Washington Governor Jay Inslee and King County Executive Dow…
The “Public Option” That Isn’t: How Washington Governor Jay Inslee and King County Executive Dow…

May 17, 2018

The Savings Estimator: How the Progressive Coders Network Revolutionized a Campaign for Universal Healthcare

Anyone who has ever studied single payer healthcare and other universal healthcare systems around the world knows this truth: it saves money as well as lives. And we aren’t talking about a few million dollars here and there. We’re talking about billions of dollars. Dr. Gerald Friedman recently concluded in…

Single Payer

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The Savings Estimator: How the Progressive Coders Network Revolutionized a Campaign for Universal…
The Savings Estimator: How the Progressive Coders Network Revolutionized a Campaign for Universal…
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Georgia Davenport

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