Now, a first-of-its-kind state payroll tax aims to assist eligible families with a significant challenge — long-term care costs — through a Washington Cares program. Research has shown that ...

In spite of enthusiastic campaigning and support of a single-payer system, Colorado voters turned down a single-payer ballot ...

Over 450,000 Washingtonians purchased private long-term care insurance and opted out of the tax. Because of this one-time opt-out, the state of Washington will miss out on hundreds of millions of ...

Washington state passed a bill in 2019 implementing a 0.58% payroll tax to fund a long-term care insurance pool, and at least 18 other states are considering a similar payroll tax. Legislators in ...

So we looked at Washington State, which passed a bill implementing a payroll tax of 58 cents per $100. They’re funding a long-term care insurance pool there. And just recently, they voted to make it ...

The State of Washington is set to eliminate excise taxes on medical marijuana products, offering tax relief to medical marijuana patients. With one of the highest tax rates imposed on medical ...

Medicaid—the joint federal-state health plan for the poor—covers 42% of long-term care costs ... a program in Washington that gave workers the option to opt out of a payroll tax to fund ...