If passed, Washington Initiative 2124 (I-2124) would eliminate long-term care coverage for Washington’s seniors by collapsing the WA Cares Fund, Washington’s long-term care benefit. This would cause more people, mostly women, to leave their jobs to provide unpaid care for loved ones.
I-2124 is designed to force the WA Cares Fund to fail. By making it optional to pay into the program, it ensures that the fund will not have enough money to operate and it will collapse. I-2124 will send more people into debt by forcing them onto the private insurance market, with high premiums and expensive bills. Private insurance companies routinely jack up premiums without warning and deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, cancer, or high blood pressure.
Leading the effort to sabotage long-term care is Republican mega-donor and hedge fund manager Brian Heywood, who has personally spent more than $6 million to put 4 initiatives on the ballot, alongside MAGA Republican Party Chair Rep. Jim Walsh. Their continued efforts to repeal any source of funding for public needs like health care is not just deeply cynical but dangerous for the majority of us.
Most Washingtonians will need assistance as we age through caregivers or home modifications we need to continue living at home and WA Cares provides that to all of us. This short-sighted, millionaire-powered effort will leave many of us without care. Vote no on I-2124 and reject this attempt to repeal WA Cares.
If passed, Washington Initiative 2124 (I-2124) would eliminate long-term care coverage for Washington’s seniors by collapsing the WA Cares Fund, Washington’s long-term care benefit. This would cause more people, mostly women, to leave their jobs to provide unpaid care for loved ones.
I-2124 is designed to force the WA Cares Fund to fail. By making it optional to pay into the program, it ensures that the fund will not have enough money to operate and it will collapse. I-2124 will send more people into debt by forcing them onto the private insurance market, with high premiums and expensive bills. Private insurance companies routinely jack up premiums without warning and deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, cancer, or high blood pressure.
Leading the effort to sabotage long-term care is Republican mega-donor and hedge fund manager Brian Heywood, who has personally spent more than $6 million to put 4 initiatives on the ballot, alongside MAGA Republican Party Chair Rep. Jim Walsh. Their continued efforts to repeal any source of funding for public needs like health care is not just deeply cynical but dangerous for the majority of us.
Most Washingtonians will need assistance as we age through caregivers or home modifications we need to continue living at home and WA Cares provides that to all of us. This short-sighted, millionaire-powered effort will leave many of us without care. Vote no on I-2124 and reject this attempt to repeal WA Cares.