WPC Elizabeth

Elizabeth New, Director of the Centers for Health Care and Worker Rights at Washington Policy Center

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

@KupfererKa76050 Stay and fight bad policy with those of us addicted to this place! (I do understand departures and wish you well.)

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

"Washington manufacturer leaving state after 48 years, citing crime, taxes, political climate." Sigh. #WaLeg https://t.co/Of4n2KtXVr #FoxNews

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

@HICKS_M_ I think a single-payer system will get us more of what we don't like about the VA. More competition, transparency and choice is needed in health care, not less. Our third-party-payer system is a huge problem.

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Medicaid work requirements are questioned, criticized and praised. Second verse same as the first. Work requirements need to be pursued carefully, but they can help keep this safety net for whom it is intended. #WaLeg https://t.co/dtdaf83uUr

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Now that all missing workers have been recovered at the Nippon Dynawave site in Longview, the WA Department of Labor & Industries will conduct a workplace safety investigation. The department is also focused on support to the families involved. #WaLeg https://t.co/uy1fKcVzTC

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

@HICKS_M_ Thanks for drawing my attention to this. Veteran’s Affairs offers a great example of what we should not do with health care.

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Work requirements are good for everyone. Helping people escape poverty is progress. #WaLeg

[MedicaidGov @MedicaidGov]

CMS launched a nationwide framework to implement Medicaid work requirements, providing states with clear guidance while promoting employment, economic mobility, and opportunity for eligible adults. https://t.co/4M0rGLR5c1

[Paragon Health Institute @Paragon_Inst]

Debunking the myth that "chilling effects" from the OBBB are causing child Medicaid enrollment to drop.

The evidence points elsewhere: pandemic distortions, duplicate enrollment, demographics, and program cleanup far better explain the trend. 🧵⬇️

https://t.co/eTNNWaXKmJ

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Reminder: The state's level of unemployment is higher than the national average.

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Stop digging, lawmakers! A state unfriendly to businesses is unfriendly to workers and a state's own progressive programs. Within: Job growth in Puget Sound has stagnated the past three years, and the state overall has experienced recent job loss. #WaLeg https://t.co/vtt18iZR0u

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

@jodiemitch87572 @WAPolicyCenter How so? Genworth’s Cost of Care survey (a widely used industry and policy benchmark) shows the benefit would be used in a matter of months. Even non-medical, in-home care on a limited schedule of 20 hours per week for the year in WA exceeds the $36,500 lifetime benefit.

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

#WaLeg

[Future 42 @future42org]

The most common job in Washington state: Software Developer.
And guess what job is seeing mass layoffs in the tens of thousands here...yea.

Washington's economic engine is being eviscerated right before our very eyes, and few elected leaders want to admit it (or adjust their budgets to compensate).

Dorothy Neufeld | @VisualCap
'Mapped: The Most Common Job in Every U.S. State'
Article: https://t.co/vZQSYN7PmD

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Fewer jobs available: As the workplace shifts in different ways, the last thing we need are political leaders driving buisnesses away with their tax policies and vitriol. #WaLeg

[Future 42 @future42org]

'Meta announces layoffs for over 1,300 employees in WA'

On the lower end, that's about $600 Million dollars in salaries and compensation that just disappeared from our local Puget Sound economy. *POOF*...just like that.
It is also 20% of Meta's workforce in the region.

As UW Professor Jeff Shulman put it: "It affects our housing, it affects our small businesses, and it also affects the momentum of our region."

@JasonSlossTV | @KIRO7Seattle
Article: https://t.co/8kl7QMheXD

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

“Medicaid Work Requirements Need Real Enforcement.” Washington state should not allow self-attestation in exemptions from work requirements. We need to protect our safety net for the vulnerable, while helping people move on from poverty. #WaLeg https://t.co/jnwGonKUub

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

If this federal legislation moves forward, it points in the opposite direction from WA law, which keeps parents in the dark about key decisions affecting their child's health. #WaLeg https://t.co/BXFHXcoS7k

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

"About 8% of Americans Lacked Health Insurance in 2025. That Could Rise Next Year." To help it not, parents who lose or drop ACA marketplace coverage should know their children may still qualify for Medicaid or CHIP. #WaLeg https://t.co/ExIFbzhYYa

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Health care costs keep rising: We need more choice, competition and price transparency to help. We need less cost shifting, true safety nets and fewer mandates and regulations to inflict less harm. Not enough lawmakers are into that. Sigh. #WaLeg https://t.co/WLUtaatDW4

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

https://t.co/n1owcQt9K6 2/2

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

ACA enrollment drops in Washington state should force honest conversations about healthcare costs 1/2 #waLeg

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Op-Ed: State policies matter for taxpayers and the business climate #WaLeg https://t.co/44vrgX8dap via @thecentersquare

[WPC Elizabeth @WPCElizabeth]

Opinion: Washington state’s tax debate is missing half the equation #WaLeg https://t.co/yJIDFAkCYw via @GeekWire