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Despite free COVID-19 testing in Washington state, people are fighting big bills COVID-19 testing is supposed to be free in Washington state, but some people are receiving bills for hundreds of dollars. Author: Michelle Li (KING5) Updated: 8:57 AM PST March 12, 2021 SEATTLE When Tawna Gogolin felt sick this summer, she worried it might be COVID-19. I went online to see COVID testing near me - saw in Bonney Lake that CHI [Franciscan] was doing drive-up COVID testing, Gogolin said. I asked, Do I need an appointment? They said, No. If you re having symptoms, come on in. When she arrived at the July drive-up testing site she pulled into the parking lot and parked in a stall. She remembers waiting next to what appeared to be a mother and her child who were both getting a test. ....
Health Care Sharing Ministry Seeks Relief Regarding Cease-and-Desist Order by Washington Office of Insurance Commissioner December 16, 2020 In the Western District of Washington on Tuesday, OneShare International, OneShare Health LLC, and the Rev. Pamela Woodson filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against agents of the Washington Office of Insurance Commissioner (OIC) Myron “Mike” Kreidler, Steve Valandra, Toni Hood, and Todd Dixon, who filed a cease-desist-order to bar the plaintiffs from operating their health care sharing ministry (HCSM) in Washington state. The OIC ordered OneShare Health, an HCSM with origins in Anabaptism, to cease and desist on the grounds that the plaintiffs’ HCSM did not qualify for an exemption from insurance regulation under the state’s “HSCM safe harbor,” which was enacted by Congress concurrently with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to make HCSMs exempt from the same federal regulations as traditional health c ....