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Speakers urge Washington commission to press for universal health care as public comments stress urgency
Summary
At the Feb. 12 Universal Health Care Commission meeting, more than a half-dozen public commentators told personal stories and urged the commission to push universal-health proposals to the legislature, citing medical debt, gaps in coverage and the need for an immediate financing roadmap.
Dozens of public commenters told the Universal Health Care Commission on Feb. 12 that the state must move urgently toward universal coverage, describing medical debt, disrupted care and administrative complexity in Washington's current system.
Sherry McEvoy, a volunteer with Health Care for All Washington and Whole Washington, told commissioners: "The fact that 60 percent of bankruptcies are related to medical debt and illness" and urged the panel to "get universal health care to Washington state." Veil Grubbs, a Medicaid recipient from…
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