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WA opens health insurance exchange to undocumented immigrants

WEBVenice Buhain. / November 1, 2023. Washington’s health insurance exchange, which launched its open enrollment period Wednesday, is expanding access to health and …

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'Community navigators' bridge the healthcare gap for BIPOC groups

WEBby. Lizz Giordano. / February 9, 2023. After guiding her community through the pandemic as a community navigator for Public Health – Seattle & King County, …

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Washington patients fear losing access to care as hospitals merge

WEBEquity. Washington patients fear losing access to care as hospitals merge. A bill calls for state review of consolidation, as abortions and gender-affirming procedures …

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In Seattle, public health resisters have always pushed back

WEBThe Nosh: Local pasta artist creates delicious, edible rainbows. At almost every turn on the “road to health,” Seattle citizens have resisted taking their medicine. In …

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One-third of Washington's rural hospitals are at risk. What

WEBA facility must meet certain criteria to be designated a CAH, such as being more than a 35-mile drive from another hospital (or 15 in mountainous terrain) and …

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In rural Washington, patients travel hours for basic healthcare

WEBAdvertisement. In Washington, patients outside of urban centers often travel long distances to get basic health care, and researchers and providers say the impact …

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WA will take care of you when you’re old. Here’s how.

WEBThe $36,500 lifetime benefit could pay for an in-home caregiver to assist someone for 20 hours a week for more than a year, according to a state report from …

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Climate Pledge Arena bumps free medical clinic to host concerts

WEBOctober 2022 was supposed to be the triumphant, post-pandemic return of the massive, multiday medical, dental and vision clinic that provides free services to …

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WSU medical school raises homegrown doctors east of the Cascades

WEBThis spring, 80 doctors will graduate from Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in Spokane, the medical school’s fourth class since it …

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Pandemic and politics drive mass exodus of WA public health

WEBNationally, at least 248 public health leaders resigned, retired or were fired between April 1, 2020. and March 31, 2021, according to an ongoing investigation by …

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The HEAL Act gives WA a path to environmental justice

WEBThese outcomes include lower birth rates, higher asthma rates and, most recently, a higher risk of dying from COVID-19. The HEAL Act will prioritize …

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WA Healthplanfinder insurance adds call hours as deadline looms

WEBWashington Healthplanfinder, the state’s health insurance exchange, will offer a few days of extended phone hours through Jan. 15, including some weekends, …

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Meet the CARE Team, Seattle’s new mental health crisis responders

WEBAt their temporary office at the Seattle Municipal Tower, CARE Team community crisis responders Abdillahi Mohamed and Chris Inaba are prepared for a …

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Washington’s trend of treatment courts continues in Tacoma

WEBA 2018 study from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services found that 73% of drug court participants in the state had committed no new …

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A new owner looks to restore Yakima's last major hospital

WEBMai Hoang. / February 7, 2023. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital was recently acquired by Tacoma-based MultiCare. The hospital is now called MultiCare Yakima Memorial …

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PFAS in Washington’s well water could make you sick

WEBIn Vancouver, remediation could total $235M. Vancouver, Washington’s water system is the third-largest in the state, serving nearly 280,000 customers. In late …

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Washington state buys shuttered psychiatric hospital in Tukwila

WEBWashington state officials are buying a recently shuttered for-profit psychiatric hospital in Tukwila in an attempt to shore up the state’s struggling mental …

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Abortion rights in WA fall into limbo at religious hospitals

WEBMegan Burbank. / June 13, 2022 /. Updated at 4:27 p.m. on June 16. Recent mergers in Washington state between religious and secular hospital systems, including one …

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Washington state considers banning over-the-counter rape kits

WEBLast fall, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson sent a cease-and-desist letter to Leda Health, a company marketing DIY rape kits to survivors of sexual …

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