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Whole Washington presented a comprehensive plan for developing a state-governed health plan that would cover all residents to the state’s Universal Health Care Commission (UHCC) on Thursday.

Washington’s Universal Health Care Commission has identified a framework for establishing equity as members consider options for implementing a healthcare coverage system for all residents.

Whole Washington, a grassroots organization advocating for a universal healthcare system in the state, is exploring several pathways to work with legislators in moving closer to their goal, and could make further progress with a  joint memorial that is moving through the legislature.

Whole Washington rakes in endorsements, but faces criticism from other healthcare advocates.

Whole Washington is a volunteer organization of health care professionals fighting to get universal healthcare on the ballot next year.

A grassroots organization working to establish a state-level universal health care system in Washington will lead a march supporting health care reform on Saturday in Seattle.

A grassroots organization recently submitted a proposal for legislation that would establish a universal health care insurance plan in Washington State.

Issaquah has a really big bear problem. The animal, which is said to be "unnaturally large," loves, of course, human garbage and making a mess of things. And yet no one can catch the damn bear and restore order to this suburb, which keeps growing more and more into the wild. Writes Paige Cornwell of the Seattle Times: "The most recent capture attempt concluded last week, after WDFW workers deployed four culvert traps in the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Single-payer health care didn’t stand a chance in California this year.

Single-payer health care didn't stand a chance in California this year. Even in this deep-blue bastion, Democratic lawmakers shied away from legislation that would have put state government in charge of health care and taxed Californians heavily to do so — a massive transformation that would have forced them to take on the powerful health care industry.