Carol M. Ostrom, Seattle Times

Health-Care David And Goliath Partner To Open After-Hours Clinic

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In Seattle, an unlikely collaboration provides weekend and after-hours care for patients who in the past had turned to hospital emergency rooms for non-emergency treatments.

Washington Ranks 2nd In Nation In Uninsured Growth

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This story was produced in partnership with With about 16 percent of its residents uninsured, Washington state falls solidly in middie of the pack, with Texas having the highest percentage of residents without health insurance: more than 25 percent. Massachusetts, where a state health-insurance mandate has been in place for years, has the smallest percentage […]

Wash. Rejection Of 5 Companies’ Health Plans Draws Criticism

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Critics say the rejection of individual plans from five companies that applied to sell inside the insurance marketplace will limit consumer choices and hurt continuity of care.

Enrolling Healthy, Young Adults Crucial To Success Of New Health-Care Law

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For the growing campaign to enroll the uninsured in health insurance as part of the monumental health-care overhaul, signing up healthy young adults – the “young invincibles” – is crucial to success.