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Public commenters press commission for single‑payer action as staff lay out 2026 work plan
Summary
dozens of public commenters urged the Universal Healthcare Commission to move quickly toward single‑payer coverage and to focus on deprivatizing Medicaid; staff reviewed a revised 2026 work plan (enrollment, infrastructure, governance) and said staffing constraints will shift some work to the full commission.
Scores of public speakers used the meeting's public comment period to press commissioners to pursue single‑payer, universal coverage and to deprivatize Medicaid.
Public commenters described individual harms and system problems: Christine Anderson from Redmond said a change in income led to immediate termination of her family's coverage and difficulty finding primary care; Raleigh Watts pointed commissioners to slide 51 of the presentation and asked about a cited $2.9 billion net cost of private health insurance (NCPHI); Sherry…
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