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The '''Washington Universal Public Healthcare Coverage Initiative''' | The '''Washington Universal Public Healthcare Coverage Initiative''' {{Greener | start =11/7/2023 9:30pm MST | before = is|after = was}} not on the [[Washington 2023 ballot measures|ballot]] in [[Washington]] as an {{witlfull}}, a type of {{iissfull}}, on [[Washington 2023 ballot measures|November 7, 2023]]. | ||
This initiative would | This initiative would have created the Washington Health Trust "to ensure all Washington residents can enroll in nonprofit health insurance coverage providing an essential set of health benefits" including medical, prescription, dental, and vision benefits. The trust and health benefits would have been funded through taxes paid by employers and employees and a new 8.5% capital gains tax.<ref name=SoS>[https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/initiatives/initiatives.aspx?y=2022&t=l ''Washington Secretary of State'', "Proposed Initiatives to the 2023 Legislature," accessed July 24, 2022]</ref> | ||
==Text of measure== | ==Text of measure== | ||
===Ballot title=== | ===Ballot title=== | ||
The ballot title for the initiative | The ballot title for the initiative would have been as follows:<ref name=SoS/> | ||
{{Quote|Initiative Measure No. 1471 concerns healthcare. | {{Quote|Initiative Measure No. 1471 concerns healthcare. | ||
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===Ballot summary=== | ===Ballot summary=== | ||
The ballot summary for the initiative | The ballot summary for the initiative would have been as follows:<ref name=SoS/> | ||
{{Quote|This measure would establish a single nonprofit health financing entity called the Washington health trust to provide essential health benefits, as defined, to Washington residents and certain nonresidents, with coordination of federal, tribal, and other coverage. It would suspend operation of the Washington health benefit exchange. The trust, and benefits for those ineligible for trust enrollment, would be funded through means including appropriations, wage-based employer and employee assessments, a new 8.5 percent capital gains tax. | {{Quote|This measure would establish a single nonprofit health financing entity called the Washington health trust to provide essential health benefits, as defined, to Washington residents and certain nonresidents, with coordination of federal, tribal, and other coverage. It would suspend operation of the Washington health benefit exchange. The trust, and benefits for those ineligible for trust enrollment, would be funded through means including appropriations, wage-based employer and employee assessments, a new 8.5 percent capital gains tax. | ||
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===Details about this initiative=== | ===Details about this initiative=== | ||
*Andre Stackhouse of Whole Washington filed the initiative. Ballot language was issued for version 1471 on April 11, 2022.<ref name=SoS/> | *Andre Stackhouse of Whole Washington filed the initiative. Ballot language was issued for version 1471 on April 11, 2022.<ref name=SoS/> | ||
*Signatures for the initiative were not submitted before the deadline.<ref name=SoS/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{SeeAlsoSBM | {{SeeAlsoSBM | ||
Latest revision as of 17:58, 3 January 2023
| Washington Universal Public Healthcare Coverage Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2023 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Universal Public Healthcare Coverage Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 7, 2023.
This initiative would have created the Washington Health Trust "to ensure all Washington residents can enroll in nonprofit health insurance coverage providing an essential set of health benefits" including medical, prescription, dental, and vision benefits. The trust and health benefits would have been funded through taxes paid by employers and employees and a new 8.5% capital gains tax.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for the initiative would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 1471 concerns healthcare.
This measure would establish a Washington health trust to provide residents, and some non-residents, with essential health benefits, as defined, funded through means including appropriations, employment-related contributions, and a new capital gains tax. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ] [2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary for the initiative would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | This measure would establish a single nonprofit health financing entity called the Washington health trust to provide essential health benefits, as defined, to Washington residents and certain nonresidents, with coordination of federal, tribal, and other coverage. It would suspend operation of the Washington health benefit exchange. The trust, and benefits for those ineligible for trust enrollment, would be funded through means including appropriations, wage-based employer and employee assessments, a new 8.5 percent capital gains tax. | ” |
Full text
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirectly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the Legislature in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for indirect initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the regular session at which their proposal would be presented to lawmakers. Signatures must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the beginning of the legislative session in the year of the targeted election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the Legislature certified for the 2023 ballot:
- Signatures: 324,516 valid signatures
- Deadline: December 30, 2022
The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified to appear before the legislature. If the legislature does not approve the measure, it is certified to appear on the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.
Details about this initiative
- Andre Stackhouse of Whole Washington filed the initiative. Ballot language was issued for version 1471 on April 11, 2022.[1]
- Signatures for the initiative were not submitted before the deadline.[1]
See also
External links
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