Public comment
All Universal Health Care Commission meetings are public meetings, and members of the public are welcome and encouraged to share their input. All feedback—written and verbal—is shared with commission members. Please review what to expect when providing public comments.
Share your input
There are two ways to share input:
- During the designated public comment time at Commission meetings. Sign up to provide public comment by 5 p.m. the day before the meeting occurs. We will invite individuals who sign up before the meeting to speak in the order of sign up, followed by those who did not sign up if there’s time remaining. If we cannot get to all public comments during a meeting, you can still submit written public comment by email.
- By submitting written comments at any time. Comments received at least two weeks before a meeting will be included in the upcoming meeting’s materials; comments received less than two weeks before a meeting will be included in the following meeting’s materials. If you would like to provide comment on the upcoming meeting topic, you are also invited to attend the meeting and speak during the designated public comment time.
Upcoming meetings
Date and time
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Location
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Topics |
Materials
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Thursday, April 17 from 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile.
Phone: 1-253-205-0468
Alternate: 1-253-215-8782
Webinar ID: 860 7006 3455
International numbers available
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TBD |
TBD |
Wednesday, June 11 from 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile.
Phone: 1-253-205-0468
Alternate: 1-253-215-8782
Webinar ID: 860 8191 6495
International numbers available
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TBD |
TBD |
Thursday, August 14 from 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile.
Phone: 1-253-205-0468
Alternate: 1-253-215-8782
Webinar ID: 867 5364 5473
International numbers available
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TBD |
TBD |
Thursday, October 9 from 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile.
Phone: 1-253-205-0468
Alternate: 1-253-215-8782
Webinar ID: 838 4260 7647
International numbers available
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TBD |
TBD |
Thursday, December 11 from 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile.
Phone: 1-253-205-0468
Alternate: 1-253-215-8782
Webinar ID: 850 3232 7130
International numbers available
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TBD |
TBD |
Location and directions
Washington State Health Care Authority
Cherry Street Plaza
Sue Crystal Center, Conference Rooms 106A and 106B
626 8th Ave. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
Visitor map with parking instructions
Need an accommodation?
All meetings sponsored by the Health Care Authority meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. To request an accommodation, call 360-725-9400 (TRS: 711).
Past meetings
- 2025
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Date
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Location
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Topics |
Materials
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Thursday, February 13 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA.
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- Update on the Universal Health Care Commission’s 2025 workplan
- Lessons learned from Oregon’s experience with price caps
- Rural perspectives on universal design
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- 2024
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Date
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Location
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Topics |
Materials
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December 5 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- State approaches to access and affordability
- Cost containment models
- The Commission's 2025 workplan
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October 10 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- Principles of cost sharing in a universal system
- Update about Apple Health Expansion
- Office of the Insurance Commissioner's Health Care Affordability report
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August 15 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- Prior authorization
- Presentation on Apple Health Expansion
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June 4 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- Administrative simplification: panel discussion, next steps
- Finance Technical Advisory Committee (FTAC) updates
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April 17 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- FTAC’s assessment of SB 5335 as proposed by Whole Washington, and considerations for an actuarial analysis of benefits across select payers
- 2024 legislative updates
- Administrative simplification: a Washington perspective
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February 2 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- 2024 workplan
- The Finance Technical Advisory Committee’s (FTAC) guidance to the Commission on Medicaid
- Benefits and Services
- Administrative simplification and efforts underway in Washington
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- 2023
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Date
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Location
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Topics |
Materials
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December 14, 2023 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- 2024 workplan and prioritization of transitional solutions
- Presentation from Whole Washington on Eligibility under the Washington Health Trust bill (SB 5335, 2023)
- Overview of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner Preliminary Report on Health Care Affordability
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October 12, 2023 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- FTAC's guidance on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
- Vote to adopt the 2023 report to the Legislature
- Begin planning for 2024 and continue transitional solutions discussion
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August 10, 2023 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- Guidance from the Commission to FTAC on Medicaid
- Presentation from Whole Washington on the Washington Health Trust bill (SB 5335, 2023)
- Continued discussion on transitional solutions
- 2023 Legislative report overview
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June 13, 2023 |
This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. |
- Guidance from the Commission to FTAC on Medicaid
- Presentation from Whole Washington on the Washington Health Trust bill (SB 5335, 2023)
- Continued discussion on transitional solutions
- 2023 Legislative report overview
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April 11, 2023 |
This meeting was held on Zoom. |
- Request to analyze the Washington Health Trust bill (SB 5335, 2023)
- Equity presentation
- Transitional solutions
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February 9, 2023 |
This meeting was held on Zoom. |
- Transitional solutions
- Direction for the Finance Technical Advisory Committee (FTAC)
- Tribal health presentation
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