
News
There’s a growing movement to address the high cost of health care with policies moving at the state and federal level. We’ll post developments and news here.
-
Navigating Care in a Catholic Hospital System
Hear how the Keep Our Care Act will affect mergers and acquisitions in Washington state.
KUOW, February 8, 2023
-
The Medicine is a Miracle, But Only If You Can Afford It
Patients are forced to be creative about affording the outrageous costs of new drugs.
The New York Times, February 7, 2023
-
Fair Health Prices Washington Urges HCCTB to Retain Benchmark
Consumer groups urge the Health Care Cost Transparency Board to hold down state health care spending.
Fair Health Prices Letter, February 7, 2023
-
Catholic health care restrictions lead WA legislature to Eye Changes
How more oversight of mergers and acquisitions can improve health care access.
The Seattle Times, February 6, 2023
-
Washington Consumer Groups Take Aim at High Health Industry Prices
Advocates urge House Health and Wellness Committee to pass HB 1508 to uncover the reasons for high health care costs and hold the industry accountable.
Fair Health Prices Washington press release, February 2, 2023
-
Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care
How profit and self-interest are ruining our health care system, a view from Don Berwick.
Journal of the American Medical Association, January 31, 2023
-
End Medical Debt: Fight Grows to Stop Hospitals from Suing Patients, Garnishing Wages, Ruining Credit
More patients are speaking out about the medical debt that drives more than 500,000 people to file bankruptcy every year.
Democracy Now, January 18, 2023
-
Legislature Must Address WA Nursing Crisis
Learn how a new bill will address the nursing shortage.
The Seattle Times, January 18, 2023
-
WA Lawmakers Look to Tackle Staggering Health Care Cost Increases
Lawmakers in Olympia have introduced a host of measures to address one of the biggest issues facing Washingtonians: rising health care costs.
Public News Service, January 25, 2023
-
Everett Clinics’ spat with Premera ‘lifts the curtain’ on price increases
When The Everett Clinic acquired Eastside Family Medicine, rates went up 50%. Find out why Northwest Health Law Advocates’ Senior Attorney and Policy Advisor Emily Brice says “If the courts and insurance companies can’t stop price increases, then who can?”
The Everett Herald, January 10, 2023
If you have a resource that we should include, let us know.