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.
Michael Alan Hatch is an American politician and lawyer. He was the Attorney General of Minnesota from 1999 to 2007,commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce from 1983 to 1989,and chair of the Minnesota DFL Party from 1980 to 1983.
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.
John Morrison is an American attorney and politician who served as the elected Montana State Auditor and Insurance and Securities Commissioner from 2001 to 2009. Morrison has been a leader in health insurance policy and litigation and has handled prominent legal cases. He is the senior partner at Morrison Sherwood Wilson Deola,a public interest law firm based in Helena,Montana. In 2006,he ran unsuccessfully against Jon Tester in the Montana Democratic primary for the United States Senate nomination.
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 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.
Washington Healthplanfinder is one of the fourteen health insurance marketplaces in the United States and was created in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly referred to as Obamacare.
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.
Patricia Eileen Kuderer is an American politician and attorney who is 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 American Health Care Act of 2017 was a bill in the 115th United States Congress. The bill,which was passed by the United States House of Representatives but failed the United States Senate,would have partially repealed the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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.
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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