Coverage of healthcare legislation, regulation, and policy debates at state and federal levels
Legacy Health opened a new primary care clinic in Ridgefield on July 14, introducing a team-based medical model intended to...
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A federal judge has denied a request for a preliminary injunction by 25 states, including Washington, to pause the implementation...
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HB 2531, sponsored by Rep. David Stuebe, continues progressing through the Washington Legislature, aiming to update Medicaid reimbursement methods for emergency ambulance services. The bill has cleared the Appropriations Committee but has not yet reached a full House vote.
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Mid‑session in Olympia, local lawmakers from Clark County are advancing a suite of health‑care bills—from insurance plan evaluation and vaccination mandates to patient advocates and tightened charity care rules—that promise to affect affordability, access, and coverage quality statewide, including Cowlitz County residents.
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Several high‑profile Washington bills—including proposals on psilocybin therapy, campus medication abortion, and short‑term rental taxes—were killed by Monday’s fiscal‑committee cutoff, highlighting how budget constraints continue to stall progressive reforms in Olympia.
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The Washington House has passed HB 1574, expanding Good Samaritan protections to shield overdose victims or callers from arrest—even for unrelated nonviolent charges—and allowing hospitals to provide lifesaving harm‑reduction supplies.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on February 10, 2026, launched a comprehensive reassessment of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), a chemical...
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Washington legislators are currently considering House Bill 2545, which would allow patients needing elective percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) to undergo...
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A recent case in Minneapolis has cast a harsh light on the fraught interface between federal immigration enforcement and hospital...
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On February 2, 2026, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a $100 million pilot initiative—STREETS (Safety...
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