Nearly 25 years ago, teen pregnancy reached an all-time high in Washington state. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, the teen birth rate in our…
May is “Teen Pregnancy Prevention” month
Tag: health care
Healthy teeth = a healthy body
Recently, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported that Washington leads the nation in access to dental care for low-income children! Fifty-four percent of our Medicaid eligible children are receiving dental…
Rep. Steve Tharinger – Health Care Access Champion
Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Sequim) was first elected to the Legislature in 2010. Since that time he has left a mark regarding health care access that is quite… well… remarkable. In…
More choices for health care in Washington
#461237139 / gettyimages.com Washington state helped lead the nation in health care reform, working on a state marketplace long before other states started preparing for national health care reform….
New low-income healthcare clinic in Bellevue!
I went to the opening of the new ICHS clinic in Crossroads yesterday. It’s exciting to have this kind of facility here – one that is focused on serving our…