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America In Solidarity and the Healthy Washington Coalition invites the community to discuss the issues most important and pressing to them in reforming Washington’s health care system.

The Washington Health Care Caucus is an opportunity for community discussion of the challenges we are currently facing in health care and how we can start to achieve reform. It’s a chance to learn about the opportunities for reform that have been created by legislation passed in the 2008 legislative session and to make your voice heard on issues such as cost, access, and benefits.

The Healthy Washington Coalition promoted legislation that required the state to contract with an actuarial firm to analyze five health care reform proposals (Senate bill 6333, passed February 2008).  The report from the actuarial firm will be completed by February 2009.  Each proposal will be analyzed to determine if it provides the people of Washington State with access to high-quality health care services in the most efficient way possible.

Over the next four months the Healthy Washington Coalition will be hearing from communities on what they want from health care reform at Health Care  Caucuses in seven locations across the state.  These meetings provide an opportunity for Washingtonians to work together to create a health care system that will provide secure, quality affordable health care.