Maria Ellen Cantwell is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Washington since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993,and in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995.
Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician and lawyer who served from 2013 to 2025 as the 23rd governor of Washington. A member of the Democratic Party,he served from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives,and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Michael Edward Lowry was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Washington from 1993 to 1997. His political career ended when his deputy press secretary,Susanne Albright,made accusations of sexual misconduct against him. A member of the Democratic Party,Lowry served as a United States Representative from Washington's 7th congressional district from 1979 to 1989,and unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 1983 and 1988.
Christine Gregoire is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,she defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004,and again in 2008. She is the state’s second female governor,and the state’s first female attorney general. Gregoire served as chair of the National Governors Association from 2010 to 2011. She also served on the governors' council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington,D.C.
Robert Marion McKenna is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 17th attorney general of Washington from 2005 to 2013 after serving on the Metropolitan King County Council from 1996 to 2005. A member of the Republican Party,he ran for Governor of Washington in 2012,narrowly losing to Democrat Jay Inslee.
Premera Blue Cross is a not-for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield licensed health insurance company based in Mountlake Terrace,Washington,United States. It sells health insurance plans under the Blue Cross license in Washington state except Clark County and under both of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licenses in Alaska.
In the United States,health insurance helps pay for medical expenses through privately purchased insurance,social insurance,or a social welfare program funded by the government. Synonyms for this usage include "health coverage","health care coverage",and "health benefits". In a more technical sense,the term "health insurance" is used to describe any form of insurance providing protection against the costs of medical services. This usage includes both private insurance programs and social insurance programs such as Medicare,which pools resources and spreads the financial risk associated with major medical expenses across the entire population to protect everyone,as well as social welfare programs like Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program,which both provide assistance to people who cannot afford health coverage.
In the United States,health insurance marketplaces,also called health exchanges,are organizations in each state through which people can purchase health insurance. People can purchase health insurance that complies with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at ACA health exchanges,where they can choose from a range of government-regulated and standardized health care plans offered by the insurers participating in the exchange.
The public health insurance option,also known as the public insurance option or the public option,is a proposal to create a government-run health insurance agency that would compete with other private health insurance companies within the United States. The public option is not the same as publicly funded health care,but was proposed as an alternative health insurance plan offered by the government. The public option was initially proposed for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,but was removed after the independent US senator for Connecticut Joe Lieberman threatened a filibuster.
Randi L. Becker is an American politician of the Republican Party. She served as a member of the Washington Senate,representing the 2nd Legislative District from 2009 to 2021. She was first elected to the State Senate in 2008. In March 2020,Becker announced that she would not seek reelection to an additional term in the state Senate.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA),formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally as Obamacare,is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23,2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment,it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Most of the act's provisions are still in effect.
The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner was created in 1889–90,and became a separate agency in 1907 with an elected commissioner. The current commissioner is Mike Kreidler,a Democrat first elected in 2000 and reelected five times.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 8,2016. The primary was held on August 2.
Patricia Eileen Kuderer is an American politician and attorney who is currenly serving as the 9th Insurance Commissioner of Washington since 2025. She previously served as a member of the Washington State Senate for the 48th district from 2017 to 2025. She was appointed to the State Senate after Cyrus Habib was elected lieutenant governor. In 2024,Kuderer was elected as Insurance Commissioner of Washington,succeeding Mike Kreidler.
The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee,the Democratic candidate,defeated Loren Culp,the Republican candidate by a wide margin. Inslee,who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits,initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers,he announced he would seek a third term as governor. Several other Democratic political figures considered entering the race if Inslee did not run,including Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson;no other major Democratic candidates entered the race. Republican Loren Culp,the police chief of Republic,Washington,placed second in the top-two primary and advanced to the general election alongside Inslee.
Michael John Pellicciotti is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 24th Washington State Treasurer since 2021. He previously served as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 30th legislative district,which includes Federal Way,Algona,Auburn,Pacific,Milton,and Des Moines from 2017 to 2021.
Hilary S. Franz is an American politician and conservation attorney who previously served as the 16th Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands from 2017 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party who was previously a member of the Bainbridge Island City Council and was elected as commissioner in 2016.
General elections were held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 3,2020. A primary was held on August 4.
Unite Health Share Ministries (UHSM) is an American 501(c)(3),non-profit,Christian health care sharing ministry established in 2018,and based in Norfolk,Virginia. It provides its services through a contract with the PHCS PPO Network. Like other faith-based initiatives,UHSM is not traditional health insurance,instead providing limited health care services to its members for a monthly fee,pooled to cover all members' qualified health care expenses.
Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5,2024. Primary elections were held on August 6,2024.
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