Maxwell Sieben Baucus is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years,making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in Montana history. President Barack Obama later appointed Baucus to replace Gary Locke as the 11th U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China,a position he held from 2014 until 2017.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a congressional caucus affiliated with the Democratic Party in the United States Congress. The CPC represents the progressive faction of the Democratic Party. It was founded in 1991 and has grown since then,becoming the second-largest Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives.
Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare,in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system. Single-payer systems may contract for healthcare services from private organizations or may own and employ healthcare resources and personnel. "Single-payer" describes the mechanism by which healthcare is paid for by a single public authority,not a private authority,nor a mix of both.
Families USA is a nonprofit,nonpartisan consumer health advocacy and policy organization.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association,also known as BCBS,BCBSA,or The Blues,is a United States–based federation with 33 independent and locally-operated BCBSA companies that provide health insurance in the United States to more than 115 million people as of 2022.
Therese Murray is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2007 to 2015. Murray,a Democrat,was the first woman to lead a house of the Massachusetts General Court. She represented the Plymouth and Barnstable district in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 to 2015.
The Medicare for All Act,also known as the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act or United States National Health Care Act,is a bill first introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Representative John Conyers (D-MI) in 2003,with 38 co-sponsors. In 2019,the original 16-year-old proposal was renumbered,and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced a broadly similar,but more detailed,bill,HR 1384,in the 116th Congress. As of November 3,2019,it had 116 co-sponsors still in the House at the time,or 49.8% of House Democrats.
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.
The California Health and Safety Code is the codification of general statutory law covering the subject areas of health and safety in the state of California. It is one of the 29 California Codes and was originally signed into law by the Governor of California on April 7,1939.
The healthcare reform debate in the United States has been a political issue focusing upon increasing medical coverage,decreasing costs,insurance reform,and the philosophy of its provision,funding,and government involvement.
James G. McCune is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 2nd district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a member of the Pierce County Council,representing the 3rd district from 2017 to 2021 and as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2013.
Andrew Swire Billig is an American politician of the Democratic Party and co-owner of the Spokane Indians minor league baseball team. On November 6,2012,Billig was elected to the Washington State Senate,representing the 3rd Legislative District. He currently serves as the Senate Majority Leader.
Mark Douglas Mullet is an American businessman and politician of the Democratic Party. A moderate,he is a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 5th Legislative District.
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 Affordable Care Act (ACA) is divided into 10 titles and contains provisions that became effective immediately,90 days after enactment,and six months after enactment,as well as provisions phased in through to 2020. Below are some of the key provisions of the ACA. For simplicity,the amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are integrated into this timeline.
Ed Howard, is an American public interest lawyer and strategist who currently works as senior counsel for the Children's Advocacy Institute and the Center for Public Interest Law based at the University of San Diego School of Law. He is currently the president of Howard Advocacy in Sacramento,California.
James Smallwood Jr. is an American business consultant and politician first elected to the Colorado Senate in 2016. He represents State Senate District 2,which includes the communities of Castle Rock,Parker,The Pinery,Stonegate,and Grand View Estates in Douglas County. Prior to the 2020 reapportionment process that was implemented in 2023,Smallwood represented the former State Senate District 4 in Douglas County which encompassed the communities of Castle Rock,Larkspur,Parker,Franktown,and Castle Pines.
General elections were held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 3,2020. A primary was held on August 4. This election cycle is notable as it was only the second in state history in which Democrats won the top three statewide elections by double digits. The first was the 1936 election,in the middle of the Great Depression.
The 2020 Washington State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Washington voters elected state senators in 26 of the 49 state legislative districts. Elections to the Washington State Senate were held on November 3,2020.
Whole Washington is a statewide universal healthcare advocacy organization in Washington state that advocates for universal single-payer healthcare for Washington and the United States of America. Whole Washington is a 501(c)(4) organization and has campaigns for statewide single payer healthcare in Washington via both the state legislature and statewide ballot initiative. It is also a supporter of single payer at the federal level through Medicare for All as introduced into the US Congress by Pramila Jayapal in the House of Representatives and Bernie Sanders in the Senate.
