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Opinion: A desperate campaign spreads rural healthcare lies
Churchill argues a Seattle PAC misrepresented a hospital crisis rooted in hidden losses from 2022 to 2024 to attack Rep. Baumgartner.
Opinion: ‘Medicare For All’ would require massive tax increases
Hospitals lost 12 cents on every Medicare dollar received in 2024, a key flaw in single-payer arguments.
Opinion: Hospital price transparency is good, but its impact will be limited
Washington still shields hospitals from competition through certificate-of-need laws other states have repealed.
Opinion: Free care for people who don’t live here? It’s being encouraged — HB 2250 can help
…zabeth New (Hovde) argues that Washington’s current charity care rules encourage out-of-state use of non-emergency hospital services and supports HB 2250 to restore residency-based limits.
Opinion: Thankful for caregivers, providers
…on her father’s final days and expresses gratitude for the caregivers and hospital workers who supported her family.
Opinion: Washington state is in a race to the bottom in health care
…3 could increase insurance premiums and strain Washington’s hospital system.
Opinion: Hospital-at-home programs offer an innovative solution to freeing up hospital beds
…d give the state more solutions for freeing up needed acute-care beds.
Hospitals challenge free non-emergency health care for non-Washingtonians
The Washington State Hospital Association filed a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court challenging the state Dept. of Health’s edict saying hospitals must o…
Hospital that fired nurses for refusing vaccines now begging them to return
A Maine health-care provider wants the nurses it fired during the pandemic for refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to come back to work.
GoFundMe Spotlight: Idaho man, father of three, in a Vancouver hospital after serious crash
…an Idaho man and father of three are raising funds for his care and for the family after he was in a serious motorcycle crash in Clark County
GoFundMe spotlight: Vancouver grandmother in need of medical transport from Europe
A grandmother from Vancouver is in a coma in a hospital in Portugal after suffering a subdural hematoma, and her family is seeking funds to bring her home for extended care and raise awar…
Dr. Raul Garcia announces run for Washington governor
…Garcia, a Yakima physician and director of Astria Toppenish Hospital, declares his candidacy for Washington state governor in 2024, focusing on affordable healthcare, public education, environmental p…