The Healthy Washington Coalition is the largest health care reform organization that has existed in Washington State in recent history.
The diverse make up of the group includes:
- labor unions
- business organizations
- business leaders
- health care providers
- hospitals
- consumer groups
- public interest groups
We have one common goal in mind: to achieve secure, quality, affordable healthcare for all Washingtonians.
We have a broad ranging agenda that is meant to improve the health care system through ambitious reform while ensuring the system is financed.
Our coalition began more than five years ago as the Health Care for Washington Workers Coalition. Three years ago we changed our name to the Fair Share Coalition and broadened both our membership and goals. By 2007, the Coalition decided that we need to develop and support a broad comprehensive vision for Washington’s health care system. The Coalition renamed itself the Healthy Washington Coalition and adopted a set of Principles that guides the Coalition’s legislative goals. The membership of the Coalition is growing weekly and is dedicated to ensuring that Washington State has quality affordable health care coverage for all of its residents.
May 30th March for Health Care!
Everyone is demanding that the health care system change. This is a people's movement. Communities across the country, whether they're communities of health care providers or communities of low-income families, are standing together to say that something has to give. Here in the state of Washington we're going to show them what a real people's movement can look like when we rally together on May 30th!
Washingtonians Speak Up for Quality Affordable Health Care at Health Care Caucuses
More than 1200 Washington Residents attended Healthy Washington Health Care Caucuses accross the State. Read the report of the results of these caucuses by clicking on the following link.
Report on Healthy Washington Coalition Health Care Causcuses
Coalition Principles 1. Ensure secure, high quality and affordable health care to all Washingtonians.
2. Ensure choice of provider and quality affordable health plans.
3. Promote an affordable sliding scale for health care costs to ensure personal responsibility by all adult Washingtonians.
4. Share the cost for the health system and the responsibility for making the system work between individuals, employers and government.
5. Care should be affordable for individuals and employers, including small businesses, and changes to the system should benefit those employers who provide quality affordable health care for their employees.
6. Encourage personal healthful behavior by providing incentives and health education.
7. Require that Government be a watchdog ensuring the health system is working and fair for individuals, employers, and providers; that health care remains affordable; and that there are high quality affordable health plans available.