Founder and moderator, Progressive Health Care Policy Discussion group on Facebook
The evolution of the bill from the version introduced into the legislature to the version actually passed and signed demonstrates what can be achieved in practice, but also raises questions about semantics.
Low-income Idahoans will have access to public coverage if the new Medicaid expansion initiative is approved by voters in November. Reclaim Idaho collected 56,192 signatures, enough to get the measure on the ballot.
Linda Seltzer
I-1600, a grass roots single payer health care initiative for Washington State, will not be on the ballot in November. Whole Washington, the sponsor of the initiative, collected more than 100,000 signatures on its petitions, falling short of the almost 260,000 required by state law.
