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  Allow Low Income to Work Part Time Without Losing Status

  Allow people to work part-time without having any negative effect on their health care coverage status or living arrangements (for those not working who are in subsidized or tax credit living arrangements). For the ill, if they cannot handle part time work, then they can quit and not have their status jeopardized. For many people, if they work and make just a little more money (not much maybe) they lose far more than ...more »

  Allow people to work part-time without having any negative effect on their health care coverage status or living arrangements (for those not working who are in subsidized or tax credit living arrangements). For the ill, if they cannot handle part time work, then they can quit and not have their status jeopardized. For many people, if they work and make just a little more money (not much maybe) they lose far more than the lttle they can increase thyeir income by. This is a senseless poverty trapp and forces taxpayers to support a basically very stupid system

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  Submitted by ap1234 2 years ago

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  Eliminate Forced Doctor Visits for Getting Blood Tests

  Health Care: allow people to get blood tests without forcing them to see a physician to request a blood test. There are standard listings of blood tests and standardized ranges for blood test results. Anything outside of the normal range is automatically red flagged by the computer. I have to make TWO visits to the doctor to get blood test results PLUS another visit to the test lab. I want to be able to go directly to ...more »

  Health Care: allow people to get blood tests without forcing them to see a physician to request a blood test. There are standard listings of blood tests and standardized ranges for blood test results. Anything outside of the normal range is automatically red flagged by the computer. I have to make TWO visits to the doctor to get blood test results PLUS another visit to the test lab. I want to be able to go directly to the blood lab ANY TIME I WANT WITHOUT being forced to go to the doctor twice! All the physician does is hand you what the computer spit out! If this eliminates 25-30% of useless pointless doctor appointments would this not bring costs down across the board? Once I get my results, I can then decide whether I want to follow up with these doctors who do largely NOTHING but send out outrageous bills!

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  Submitted by ap1234 2 years ago

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  State employee health care

  require state/public employees to pay more for their own health care. Beginning next year, raise the employee portion to 15% of the cost, 18% in 2012 and 20% in 2013.

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  Submitted by Seattle Libertarian 2 years ago

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  Pass legislation to place a limit on suits against doctors and hospitals and regulate the health care insurance companies.

  I was shocked six years ago after I moved to Washington from California and discovered that my health care insurance had gone up by 5 times for the same coverage. When I asked my health care insurance provider, they said because the cost of health care in Washington is higher. No kidding. A little further investigation revealed that the reason that health care costs are higher in Washington is because Washington does ...more »

  I was shocked six years ago after I moved to Washington from California and discovered that my health care insurance had gone up by 5 times for the same coverage. When I asked my health care insurance provider, they said because the cost of health care in Washington is higher. No kidding. A little further investigation revealed that the reason that health care costs are higher in Washington is because Washington does not have a tort limit and has minimal regulation of the health insurance companies. Not only would the State save millions in health care coverage for its employee by taking care of this huge problem, they would reduce the load on our court system saving even more. Such a move would have a huge positive affect on health care in the State. Doctors and hospitals could reduce their practice of defensive medicine, more doctors would set up their practice in the State and businesses would be more competitive and have a healthier work force. They could even grow their business and add jobs. Everybody wins - except the lawyers. I never thought I would find something that cost more outside of California except vegatables.

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  Submitted by Greg Baer 2 years ago

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  Create a statewide ortal for secure information for all state contracted providers accessable through the www.access.wa.gov webs

  Create a secure portal similar to www.onehealthport.com. This would create a resource for all state contracted providers to access one secure server for needed information. It would also reduce the amount of administrative time and resources to validate each provider (Tax ID number). We currently require a new security certificate/password for each state program even within the same agency which is expensive and an ...more »

  Create a secure portal similar to www.onehealthport.com. This would create a resource for all state contracted providers to access one secure server for needed information. It would also reduce the amount of administrative time and resources to validate each provider (Tax ID number). We currently require a new security certificate/password for each state program even within the same agency which is expensive and an inefficient use of agency resources.

  This would also be an advantage as we move forward with health care reform and the possibility of one application for all state medical benefits. Here's an example, most state contracted providers must apply for an NPI number and use Provider One services, while other agencies and programs throughout the state including DOH and HCA use separate secure servers/portals/security certificates for the same type of services for the exact same providers. While ProviderOne should encompass all DSHS services, other agencies require programs within the agency to independently administer and support similar web related services.

  Some state agencies are having to reduce services, allowable payments, contracts and staffing due to budget crisis. It would be disappointing to have the uninsured/underinsured population and state employees take another cut to help reduce state expenses.

  I believe that this type of resources would be beneficial for budget savings, community relationships and consistent use of secure data throughout the state.

  Carri

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  Submitted by Carri Comer 2 years ago

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