OLYMPIA, Wash. – More than 100 health care advocates gathered in Olympia in support of Medicaid expansion Thursday. It coincided with an announcement by Gov. Jay Inslee, unveiling his budget priorities. His proposal includes an expansion of Medicaid.
That pleases Lauren Granger, a healthcare worker at the rally.
“I really hope that the legislature hears this message and isn’t pinching pennies in the wrong place and just have it be more expensive later on,” she says.
The expansion of Medicaid coverage is part of the Affordable Care Act. In Washington, it means more than 300,000 people not currently covered by the program would get insurance. It would extend to single low-income residents who don’t now qualify.
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