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In The News

2009

"Help small businesses with public insurance plans" - The Seattle Times; May 11, 2009

"Policyholders sue Nationwide over “junk” health insurance" - Real Change; April 22, 2009

"Senate budget to be unveiled Monday" - KING5.com; March 26, 2009

"The Secret to Passing a Payday-Loan Reform Bill" - The Seattle Weekly; March 24, 2009

"More bad news: Many health insurance rates going up this year" - The Seattle P.I.; March 24, 2009

"Capitol Safety Net" - The Olympian; March 12, 2009

"Rally in Olympia protests health care cuts" - TriCity Herald; March 12, 2009

"Goodbye to BHP, GAU and huge parts of public health?" - The News Tribune; March 12, 2009

"Healthy theatrics" - The Yakima Herald; March 9, 2009

"Report Finds Racial Disparities In Access To Hospital Care" - The Seattle Medium; March 4, 2009

"Report: Health-care disparities shortchange minorities, poor" - The Seattle Times; March 4, 2009

"Interpreting for the Sick" - KPLU 88.5; March 3, 2009

"Consumer, citizens' groups fight for the public in Olympia" - Seattle P.I. Reader Blogs; February 24, 2009

"Washington can’t afford to curtail its support for Basic Health Plan" - The Columbian; February 22, 2009

"Health care reform faces iffy destiny" - The Columbian; february 14, 2009

"Small firms want public health option" - Spokane Journal of Business; February 13, 2009

"Health plan that covers all would be right direction" - The Olympian; February 9, 2009

"Report: State has options to widen health care" - The Olympian; January 30, 2009

"On the Border-line" - International Examiner; January 29, 2009

"KBCS: Community Organizers comment on Obama Inauguration" - KCBS 91.3; January 22, 2009 (Features interview with Joshua Welter, Lead Organizer for Washington CAN!)

"Health care costs burden small employers" - The Columbian; January 20, 2009

"Advocates for low-income protest budget cuts" - The Olympian; January 20, 2009

"Groups march for low income residents" - MyNorthwest.com; January 19, 2009

"Small firms seek health care fix " - TriCity Herald; January 16, 2009

2008

"Cutting health care exactly the wrong tack to embrace" - Everett Herald; December 10, 2008

"Community can share health-care concerns" - The Wenatchee; October 28, 2008

"Candidates' health plans: What they mean for you" - The Seattle Times; October 24, 2008

"Candidates differ on kids' coverage" - The Olympian; October 13, 2008

"Money vs. history in 14th District race " - Yakima Herald; October 9, 2008

"KCTS: The Health Care Crisis"(Washington CAN! member Gina Owens) - KCTS 9; October 3, 2008

"Regence puts its members first" - Seattle PI; September 29, 2008

"Choose a side in health care game" - Seattle PI; September 22, 2008

"Everyone deserves health care" - Sammamish Reporter; September 11, 2008

"Insure everyone in this state" - Seattle PI; July 21, 2008

"Thousands join state program to help cut costs of medicine" - The Olympian ; July 19, 2008

"Thousands to lose Medicaid coverage" - Tacoma New Tribune; July 18, 2008

"Health care for all voted primary concern at local caucus" - Yakima Herald; July 16, 2008

"Fixing health care mess would help all workers" - Everett Herald; June 25, 2008

"Rising employer premiums threaten employee health coverage in state, AARP finds" - The Seattle Times; June 23, 2008

"Insurers' rate increases pass new scrutiny" - The Seattle Times; June 13, 2008

"Group Health plans to raise rates" - Seattle PI; June 3, 2008

"Make those health care promises stick" - Seattle PI; June 2, 2008

"Even the Insured Feel Strain of Health Costs " - The New York Times; May 4, 2008

"Co-Payments Soar for Drugs With High Prices " - The New York Times; April 14, 2008

"Group Health first to drop loophole, will pay for client's liver transplant" - The Seattle Times; March 28, 2008

"Rival alliances muddle health-reform message in Washington" - Puget Sound Business Journal; March 28, 2008

"Going to bat for health care" - Seattle PI; March 24, 2008

"State needs to provide health care to all of its children" - The Olympian; March 14, 2008

"Bill to rein in individual health plans advances" - The Seattle Times; March 15, 2008

"Small businesses need Health Insurance Partnership" - Seattle PI; March 10, 2008

"Insurance commissioner to call shots on health policy rate increases" - Seattle PI; March 2, 2008

"Bill to curb doctor 'data mining' runs into resistance in Olympia" - Seattle PI; February 28, 2008

"Social groups fight for funds" - The Olympian; February 29, 2008

"Bare-bones health plan left family swimming in debts" - The Seattle Times; February 28, 2008

"House debates the budget vigorously" - The Columbian; February 26, 2008

"Data mining should get the shaft" - The Seattle Times; February 26, 2008

"Premera surpluses here subsidize Arizona losses" - Seattle PI; February 24, 2008

"Data mining ban in for tough battle" - The Olympian; February 23, 2008

"House plan cuts money for medical assistance" - The Olympian; February 20, 2008

"Lobbyists propose incentives to relieve shortage of primary-care doctors" - The Olympian; February 20, 2008

"Healthcare Campaign Gets Cash" - Real Change; February 19, 2008

"Local view: 5 ways to improve state’s health care" - The Columbian; February 14, 2008

"Under the dome - Feb. 14" - The Olympian; February 14, 2008

"Insurance must provide a safety net" - Seattle PI; February 13, 2008

"Health care reform can't wait" - Everett Herald; February 10, 2008 (OpEd by Jim Eachus, member of WA Small Business for Secure Health Care Coalition, organized by Washington CAN!)

"Creating a healthy Yakima Valley for all" - Yakima Herald Republic; February 9, 2008.

"Give doctors and patients privacy" - Seattle PI; February 7, 2008

"High medical costs force patients to shop around - KING 5 TV; February 6, 2008 (Features Barb Matteson, member of WA Small Business for Secure Health Care Coalition, organized by Washington CAN!)

"Senate approves bill giving state power to review insurance rate hikes" - Seattle PI; January 31, 2008

Consumers irked by rising insurance rates" - Tri-City Herald; January 28, 2008

"Health care ideas multiply" - The Columbian; January 19, 2008

"State Insurance Commissioner probes rising cost of insurance" - KOMO TV; January 17, 2008 (Quotes Washington CAN! member, Mike Huseby of Puyallup)

"Lawmakers learn about high health care costs - The Olympian; January 17, 2008

"Health care costs debated" - KPLU; January 12, 2008

"Private health insurance study finds disparity between profits, coverage" - The Columbian; January 11, 2008

"Consumer groups target health insurance providers" - The Tacoma News Tribune; January 11, 2008

"Groups fault insurance company reserves" - The Spokesman Review; January 11, 2008

"About the Money" - KCTS; January 8, 2008 (Features small business coalition members from Pike Place Market)

"Health care partnership would help Pike Place Market businesses" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; January 7, 2008 (OpEd by Seattle City Council President, Nick Licata)

2007

"A consumer ally on insurance premiums?" – Seattle Times; December 30, 2007 (quotes Jeanne McMenemy, member of WA Small Business for Secure Health Care Coalition, organized by Washington CAN!)

"Costs squeezing more families, report says" - The Tacoma News Tribune; December 11, 2007

"Pike Place Market Merchants join pitch for health coverage" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; December 3, 2007

"Crowd boos Clinton over Immigration Reform" - The Des Moines Register; December 1, 2007 (Quotes Washington CAN! member, Trish Divine Wilder at Heartland Presidential Forum)

"WA Supreme Court rules 1 percent prop tax cap unconstitutional" - AP; November 8, 2007

"Bush robs cancer sufferers of hope" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; November 7, 2007

" Minority opinion: City's diversity commission hears concerns from Latinos" - The Enterprise Newspapers; October 19, 2007

"Costs of basic necessities outpace wages" - Spokesman Review; October 10, 2007

"Study says minimum wage not enough" - Tri-City Herald; October 10, 2007

"Living wage gap growing, study finds" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; October 8, 2007

"Agency told to buck new immigrant crackdown" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; August 30, 2007

"Health care activists deliver Premera CEO one-way ticket to Arizona" (*) - Media Advisory; August 25,2007

"State lifts restriction on Premera" - The Seattle Times; August 25, 2007

"Premera ordered not to sell LifeWise plans in Arizona" - The Seattle Times; August 16, 2007

"Consumer Smarts: Beware private Medicare pitches" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; August 14, 2007

"Hundreds march to protest Regence premium increases" - The Seattle Times; August 5, 2007

"A few hundred rally against Seattle insurer Regence BlueShield" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; August 4, 2007

"Medicare Advantage a boondoggle" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; August 1, 2007

"Health-care skirmishes move to Medicare plans" - Puget Sound Business Journal; July 20, 2007

"Hacen Vigilia para apoyar a detenidos" - La Raza del Noroeste; July 20, 2007

"Activists hold vigil on Tideflats for human rights" - Tacoma Weekly; July 19, 2007

"A tale of the American gulag" - Real Change; July 18, 2007

"Medicare Advantage called disadvantageous" - Real Change; July 11, 2007

"Private health plans criticized" - The Spokesman Review; July 11, 2007

"Insurance Commissioner Slams Privatized Medicare " - KPLU - NPR News; July 11, 2007

"Private Medicare Plans Criticized " - KPLU - NPR News; July 10, 2007

"Medicare offshoot draws flak" - The Olympian; July 10, 2007

"Protest backs migrant workers" - Tacoma News Tribune; June 17, 2007

"Protest in Tacoma follows Portland immigration raid " - Associated Press; June 17, 2007

"No Habla? No Problem" - Edmonds Beacon; May 24, 2007

"Welcome to America, depending" - The Seattle Times; May 23, 2007

"On immigration, hunger for change" - The Seattle Times; May 23, 2007

"Gulp! Regence rate boost averages 19 percent for individual plans" - The Seattle Times; May 16, 2007

"Patients to get interpreting help" - The Seattle Times; May 16, 2007

"Bilingual hotline serves patients" - Everett Herald; May 15, 2007

"Clash stalls $466M hospital project in Everett" - Puget Sound Business Journal; May 11, 2007

"High court to hear tax-cap challenge" - Spokesman Revies; May 7, 2007

"Up Front: The Edwards Plan for health care" - KING5.com; May 6, 2007 (video link)

"Gregoire signs health care reform" - KING5.com; May 2, 2007 (video link)

"Nursing home industry struggling to retain quality CNAs" - The Daily News: Longview, Washington; April 15, 2007

"Parents, kids march for new immigration policy" - KomoTV.com; April 11, 2007

"Immigration rally focuses on children" - The Seattle Times; April 11, 2007

"Children back immigrant rights" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; April 11, 2007

"OK, everyone, into the risk pool" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; April 11, 2007

"New prescription drug program saves consumers money" (*) - The Olympian; April 6, 2007

"Third try works for Rx card plan" - The Seattle Times; March 22, 2007

"Secure health insurance partnership would help small business" - The Olympian; March 22, 2007

"State reaches settlement on voter registration rule" - KomoTV.com (AP); March 19, 2007

"Card shaves drug costs" - The Seattle Times; March 19, 2007

"The right decision forced on Premera" - The Seattle Times; March 15, 2007

"Legislators optimistic about health care changes" - The Olympian; March 12, 2007

"House narrowly OKs health-insurance plan" - The Seattle Times; March 11, 2007

"WA: Health Insurance Takeover Considered" - Northwest Public Radio; March 2, 2007

"Bipartisan surgery saves health plan" - The Seattle Times; March 1, 2007

"Legislature lets taxpayers pay for workers' health care costs" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; February 27, 2007

"Groups says health programs could cover all through growth" - The Olympian; February 27, 2007

"State's overhaul of health coverage shrinking fast" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; February 22, 2007

"How state's health care debate could affect you" - The Olympian; February 11, 2007

Editorial: Mental Health: Expanding hope - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; February 7, 2007

"Ebb MD: Public Health looks at ending clinic services " - Real Change News; February 7, 2007

"For many, the existing wage isn't a living one" (*) - The Spokesman Review; February 7, 2007

"Bill asks for hospital savings disclosures" (*) - The Olympian; February 6, 2007

"Health care watchdog, unions' group appeals Providence expansion" (*) - Everett Tribune; January 31, 2007

"Lack of dental care leaves poor in agony" - The Seattle Times; January 30, 2007

"Nursing home costs rise with number on Medicaid" (*) - Walla Walla Union Bulletin; January 20, 2007

"Hospital project challenged" (*) - Everett Herald; January 18, 2007

"Marchers carry King's message" (*) - The Olympian; January 16, 2007

"Chopp and Brown Join MLK Day March on Capitol Calling for End to Poverty" (*) - Media Advisory; January 15,2007

"Seeking solutions to the health-insurance quandary" - The Seattle Times; January 8, 2007

"Some workers say 'no thanks' to company insurance" - (*) The Olympian; January 7, 2007

2006

"Universal health care not in cards" - (*) The Olympian; December 31, 2006

Once facing closure, 2 public health clinics get a booster shot - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; September 29, 2006

Rushing to try to save 2 county health clinics - Seattle Post-Intelligencer; September 27, 2006

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