Latino leaders tell Murray immigration laws are 'ripping families apart' Nov 14, 2009
Health-care administrator Vickie Ybarra of the Yakima Farm Workers Clinic, who was in the audience, asked Murray to consider the state s Basic Health Plan a model for offering health care insurance to the working poor. Hernandez of Wenatchee, who is executive director of Community Choice PHCO, a health-care network, said he is discouraged by Republican health-care proposals that would deny care of children of undocumented immigrants. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Include public option in health-insurance reform Oct 17, 2009
Variations on the theme include a version modeled after Washington's Basic Health Plan that would give states a role, a route proposed by Sen. Maria Cantwell. (Montana Standard, MT)
Is Congress Giving States Too Much Power on Health-Care Reform? Oct 7, 2009
Cantwell based her amendment on a program that already exists in her home state of Washington; called Basic Health Plan, it pools non-Medicaid-eligible low-income residents, steering them into lower-cost managed care plans. Critics point out that premiums for these low-income residents have still risen dramatically since the program launched in the early 1990s, but Cantwell and Baucus say they have been assured informally by the Congressional Budget Office that if states chose to pool residents... (Time.com)
The Public Will Pay Oct 6, 2009
Cantwell's proposal is modeled on the Basic Health Plan in her home state of Washington. Earlier this year, program officials there were faced with the prospect of slashing 36,000 Washingtonians (out of 100,000 enrolled) from the plan due to high costs. (Investors Business Daily)
Four tenets for reform bill Sep 30, 2009
This is the core of any basic health plan. Next Rep. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Column: Town hall talk often leaves constituents in the dark Aug 24, 2009
When Washington state set up the Basic Health plan, she said, it started out simple but added more mandates each year ... stopitnow wrote on Aug 23, 2009 12:32 PM:" Yes Mr. Camden, people say things that just aren't true, and members of Congress either don't bother to correct them or say other incorrect things because the bill is so full of rat potty (rat wee-weed ?) that there is no way of determining what it means. Even John Conyers said in a speech at the National Press Club that it would... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Servicing a greater need: More people in Kittitas County signing up for aid May 19, 2009
Meanwhile, state lawmakers are proposing a reduction in enrollment by 40,000 people in the state s Basic Health Plan operated by the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). The reduction is estimated to generate a savings of 255 million. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Senate Budget Document Apr 28, 2009
Health Care: Basic Health Plan attrition of 40,000 enrollees, saving $255 million No reductions to Medicare Part D premium support or to Adult Vision. Human Services: General Assistance program is preserved more focus on getting the right services to people Long-term care programs rate reductions approximately 4% Adult day health in-home services is preserved. (KIRO TV, WA)
Chopp: good odds voters will see sales tax plan Apr 10, 2009
The Legislature's proposed budgets would cut about $250 million by freezing enrollment in the Basic Health Plan, which provides subsidized health insurance for poorer people. The budget proposals also would cut the rates hospitals are paid to care for people without sufficient private insurance, saving about $150 million over two years. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Health care groups rev up state sales tax campaign Apr 9, 2009
For instance, the Legislature's proposed budgets would cut about 250 million by freezing enrollment in the Basic Health Plan, which provides subsidized health insurance for poorer people ... The money could be tied to specific programs, such as the Basic Health Plan and others, Sauer said. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Revenue Drops; State Budget Deficit Approaching $9B Mar 20, 2009
Lawmakers already have considered pay freezes and more expensive benefits for state workers, 10,000 fewer enrollment slots in higher education, cuts to the Basic Health plan for poorer Washingtonians, and a laundry list of other steps. But they'll have to look for even more savings, said Sen. (KIRO TV, WA)
Lawmakers look at budget-shortfall options Feb 17, 2009
Eliminating plans to expand eligibility for the Children s Basic Health Plan program to 225 percent of the federal poverty level, saving $3. 1 million for 2008-09 and $13 million for 2009-10. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
