Elizabeth Hovde

By With Initiative 2124 breathing down lawmakers' necks, it's a good time for the Legislature to acknowledge the mistake that is WA Cares and repeal the 2019 law that created the program.

While other states are leaving their Certificate of Need (CON) requirements behind, Washington keeps inflicting its health system with an outdated policy that the federal government gave up long ago.

If voters approve an initiative allowing participation in the state's WA Cares program to be optional, would it “continue to force” seniors to spend themselves into poverty?

The Washington state Legislature passed Initiative 2111 into law Monday. The initiative to the Legislature bans the state and its localities from

I'm going through all my notes about the policy proposals I followed during the just-adjourned 2024 legislative session, and I'm reading and watching recaps from various sources.

One of the worst bills with the longest legs kept me on watch until sine die in the now adjourned Washington state legislative session.

I said “I do” to a New man Sunday, and I decided to take his name. I will now write under Elizabeth New for Washington Policy Center.

Let the games begin. A state public-relations campaign is underway suggesting that because the Washington state Legislature passed a bill allowing

The WA Cares Fund is looking for “care” stories. A recent email asks, “Do you have personal or professional experience caring for an older adult

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