“Long-term care facilities are really at the top of our priority list right now for trying to get supplies and this testing out there,” state Secretary of Health Dr. John Wiesman said at a news conference last week, citing concern that emp...
Long-term care facilities (LTCF) have been disproportionately impacted by illness and death from COVID-19. Shortages of respirators for staff, especially Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators (N95), have limited LTCFs ability to follow public health recommendations for preventing COVID-19 ...
The initiative would have made participation in the state's long-term care insurance program optional. The failure of the initiative "means more than 3 million Washington workers will continue earning affordable long-term care coverage and the solvency of the ...
Rolling back the Washingtons’ Long Term Healthcare Insurance program. While the current bill is not perfect, this initiative is not the answer. Let’s fix the bill. The No coalition is made up of MS Society, AARP, Washington State Nurses Association, The League of Women Voters, Planned Pa...
This policy helps cover expenses standard medical plans might not, such as ambulance, hospital costs, intensive care, physical therapy, family lodging and transportation, and more. LEARN MORE Long Term Care A Long-Term Care insurance policy can ease the financial burden on your loved ones. ...
American political activist Ezra Levin believes the social and economic problems in the country today are the product of long-term money politics, and out-of-touch politicians driven by ideologically and politically motivated interest groups. "Our democracy is sick, and it's not an accident," sai...
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Amid a spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Washington state is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to include all public, charter and private school teachers and staff — plus those working at the state's colleges a
A Washington state woman has been ordered held without bail in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont Associated PressJan. 30, 2025 Inmate Dragged Backward Across Cell Floor by a Rope Sues Washington State Sheriff's Office ...
On Feb. 28, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) updated the overall hospital star ratings, while announcing that it is looking at possible changes to how ratings are calculated for both the short and long term. Proposed changes help patients make more “like-to-like” comparis...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The damage from a deadly Amtrak train crash in Washington state in December topped $40.4 million, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on Thursday. The safety board also said the crash that killed three and injured 70 ...