#Spokane THIS WEEKEND - Free Maji Rising Village of Care health and healing services, food, connection, care, and more. 🫶 😍 majirising.org/popup26-rsvp #SpokaneWA #SpokaneEvents #CommunityCare #HousingResources #HealthcareAccess
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RSVP for Maji Rising's PopUp! Village of Care — a free, two-day community experience bringing healthcare, housing support, food, culture, and connection together in one welcoming space. August 22nd &...
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Registration is LIVE! Join us for Mending Health Care with Community, Northwest Health Law Advocates' (NoHLA's) signature annual convening on #WA #HealthPolicy. Grab your spot today: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/xnRHF5IT7slKZ1PPv3ZwsQ?t=1787077885
"It now costs $300 more per month. . . $10,500 out of pocket maximum before coverage kicks in. . . . finds herself skipping follow-up care, including specialist visits and diagnostic tests, because she cannot afford it." Read more - link in comments. #Healthcare #OneNationOvercharged
Gender-affirming care is health care. A new CMS rule threatens access to medically necessary gender-affirming care for low-income trans and nonbinary youth enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. Rhttps://healthlaw.org/news/cms-rule-regarding-gender-affirming-care-threatens-access-to-care-for-young-people/
CMS Rule Regarding Gender-Affirming Care Threatens Access to Care for Young People - National Health Law Program
Washington, DC — A rule finalized by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) threatens to restrict access to safe, proven, and medically necessary gender-affirming care for low-income young people enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP. “Targeting gender-affirming care is part of this administration’s attacks on trans people and bodily autonomy broadly. It disregards decades of research proving that gender-affirming […]
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On Oct. 1, 2026, in #WA alone, 1,300 older adults and people with disabilities are expected to lose their long-term care, and 14,000 immigrant Washingtonians will lose their health care due to federal policy changes.https://youtu.be/5tXpYwAD8wY
Federal Cuts to Immigrant Healthcare Roundtable - Rep. Dhingra - Aug 4, 2026
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I haven't been doing as great a job sharing the Smoke Blog this year, so I'm going to start! Today's post has a lot of good info in it from smoke/heat safety to indoor air quality tips to when the smoke will start to clear. #wawx #wawildfire #SmokeReady 🔗 wasmoke.blogspot.com/2026/08/smok...
This event is now at Shadle Park High School. It will include info on what fire survivors need to know about filing a claim, their insurance rights, and what help the OIC can offer. Our insurance experts will be present to help answer questions and share educational resources.
If you or someone you know is impacted by any of the wildfires raging in Washington State - visit our Wildfire Resources page https://dfi.wa.gov/consumers/wildfire-financial-relief-and-resources #WildfireResources #WashingtonWildfires #WildfireHelp
Learn the current status of WA's Apple Health Expansion (AHE) program, its implications for our state workforce and economy, and why it must be maintained and protected: https://budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/apple-health-expansion-is-essential-to-our-collective-well-being-and-economic-success/
While Leo Reyna’s mother was fighting cancer, he was fighting her insurance company, for months, just to find out where she could access care and what that care would cost. 💔
ACTION ALERT! Are you currently enrolled in one of Washington's Health Benefit Exchange (HBE) health insurance plans? If so, the HBE Board wants to hear from you at their July 29 Board meeting! #wahealthplanfinder #wahealthbenefitexchange #MedicareForAll #Medicare4All #UniversalHealthCare #WAleg
We’re joining @familiesusa.bsky.social and partners this week to send a message to lawmakers: #LowerHealthCareCostsNow! Take action: https://ow.ly/aJA550Zp4fU #FairHealthPricesWA #WALeg #WA #HealthCare #HealthPolicy #PeopleOverProfits #OneNationOvercharged
Calling all #WA professionals, students, advocates, and community partners who interact with health care law, policy, access, and delivery!
Save the Date: Mending Health Care
Email from Northwest Health Law Advocates Join us September 25 in Seattle or online. View email in browser SAVE THE DATE Mending Health Care with Community Friday, September 25, 2026 Hybrid (In-Per
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💔 What will it take for lawmakers to choose policies that put people before profits? "Nobody has an incentive to make it make sense. This puts a lot of burden on the patient." - @adrianna.bsky.social, assistant professor of health policy at @hsph.harvard.edu
Adrianna McIntyre@adrianna.bsky.social · 2mo agoDevastating story about what can happen when switching insurance plans disrupts access to care (this particular case isn't about marketplace coverage, but that's probably where we see these switches happen most frequently)
AG Brown statement on SCOTUS’ decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J. upholding states’ bans on trans athletes in school sports:
A growing number of states are moving to cap what hospitals can charge commercial payers and employers, turning hospital pricing into one of the most active battlegrounds in state health policy www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hosp... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon
💯 "I'm here to ask you all to not just stand with us and, you know, give us looks that say, 'I'm so sorry you're dealing with this.' But to really rise up and rethink the way we've always done things." - Esther Lucero, Seattle Indian Health Board #Seattle #WA #WALeg #ImmigrantHealth
2026 06 25 SEA Council SIHB HR1 CTA
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About 3 months from now, more Washingtonians - including people who rely on long-term care or developmental disability services - are slated to lose their health coverage. Yesterday a @council.seattle.gov committee heard from local leaders about Medicaid (Apple Health) changes taking effect Oct 1.
"Our monthly premiums increased from $500 a month for two adults to $2,168 a month -- an amount that we just can't afford." @onenationovercharged.com #Healthcare #HealthEquity #HealthJustice #Affordability #FairHealthPricesWA
New newsletter with: reflections on leadership from our co-executive director, news and resources you don't want to miss, opportunities to tell and share health experience stories, and more - https://conta.cc/4uJKtpj #Healthcare #HealthJustice #HealthEquity #WA #FairHealthPricesWA
New Apple Health (Medicaid) rules are coming. In October 2026, these groups of adult noncitizens will no longer qualify for Apple Health coverage: • Refugees and asylum seekers • Victims of domestic violence or human trafficking Learn what your coverage options are at hca.wa.gov/hr1-changes
"The average American is not, nor should they have to be, prepared to fight every day of their life for basic civil rights. All too many incidences of discrimination have gone by, undefended, because of lack of protection under the law." - Judy Heumann, 1988
National Health Law Program@nhelp.bsky.social · 2mo ago“You can’t change the law through fiat. But I do think this memo signals a frontal attack on basic tenets of the disability rights movement,” said Jennifer Lav, Director of NHeLP’s Disability Practice Area, https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/doj-memo-targets-disability-integration-olmstead-mandate/
"The communities we serve are not abstract stakeholders; they are the people to whom we should feel accountable. They are the reason I show up." Read more from "Reflections on Leadership and Juneteenth," by NoHLA Co-ED Daphne Smith. Link in comments. #Juneteenth #Healthcare #HealthJustice #WA
Keep demanding a #healthcare system that truly serves all people. Everyone deserves the care they need to thrive.
"Nothing is going to change unless we all come together and just say, 'This is not right. . . . So let's go." Thanks to Kelly for sharing their all-too-relatable experience. Let's GO! Add your story today - https://tinyurl.com/overcharged-stories-wa
"While the court case is about an exclusion of weight-loss medication, the ruling applies to any disability recognized by Washington. . . . The law could impact similar exclusions to hearing aids, mental health care and other areas." - reported by @amandasullender.bsky.social, The Spokesman-Review
This #FreeThePill Day, NoHLA is proud to be part of @freethepill, a coalition-driven movement that helped pave the way for @opill_otc, the first OTC birth control pill in the US! Learn more about @opill_otc here ➡️ bit.ly/AllAboutOpillZine
No one should have to choose between health care and other necessities like food and rent. komonews.com/news/local/r...
What's happening for health care access in #WA? Register and join us next Wed! - tinyurl.com/nohla-mar25
Northwest Health Law Advocates (NoHLA)@nohla.org · 6mo agoJoin us March 25 to hear about the 2026 #WALeg session from the NoHLA policy team and special guest, Carrie Glover, lobbyist with Dziedzic Public Affairs. They'll share insights and reflections on what happened -- the good and the bad -- and impacts to health care access and affordability in WA.
Federal HR1 legislation is changing health care access for Washingtonians enrolled in Apple Health #Medicaid. Join NoHLA, @housingjustice.bsky.social, and CHPW to learn about the changes going into effect and impacts to the people of #WA. bit.ly/March19GMM
