@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.
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
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
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
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. 🧵⬇️
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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
@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.
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
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
'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
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“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
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
"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
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