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Gregoire pledges a revised "Fair Share" bill next year
Washington for Health Care

Governor Gregoire pledges to pass a "perfected" fair share bill in 2007

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Wal-Mart Bill Likely Dead
Washington for Health Care

House Speaker blocks fair share health care bill despite push for vote.

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Safeway Urges Quick Action on Employee Health Benefits
Washington for Health Care

Yesterday, large employer Safeway weighed in on the fair share health care debate - favorably!

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Wal-Mart Bill Pits Chopp Against Party
Washington for Health Care

House sponsors of fair share health care say they have the votes; Speaker won't allow a vote though ...

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Report says Wal-Mart, others cost state millions
Washington for Health Care

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Wal-Mart and other large retailers are pushing tens of millions of dollars per year in health costs onto taxpayers, a new report produced for two Democratic state senators says.

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Over 3,100 Wal-Mart workers got state health aid
Washington for Health Care

The contents of two secret memos, leaked to the Seattle Times, show that large employers like Wal-Mart are shifting the cost of health care for many of their employees to taxpayers.

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Governor forms health care plan
Washington for Health Care

With a half-billion-dollar increase for health care costs looming, Gov. Christine Gregoire has proposed a five-prong plan to try to address the problem.

Washington is caught up in what Gregoire describes as a national health care crisis.

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Health Care Reform: Beyond Band-Aids
Washington for Health Care

The brief burst of $3 a gallon gasoline reminded some Americans of how much they rely on oil. As a country, we use more than 20 percent of the world's oil.

But our overconsumption of oil, with its problems for both family budgets and the world's environment, is minor compared to how we use health care.

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MA House approves sweeping health care bill
Washington for Health Care

In Massachusetts, House lawmakers passed an ambitious new health care initiative to provide insurance coverage to nearly all uninsured state residents.

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Trailing in
Washington for Health Care

Columnist Danny Westneat reflects on fair share health care

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