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 ...

Here we go again. Some lawmakers in Washington state will just not give up on their quest for a state-run single-payer health ...

Genworth CEO Tom McInerney discusses the implications of millions of baby boomers needing long-term care in the future and how his company is facing the challenge of helping them fund it.

In November, Washington voters rejected a ballot initiative which, if passed, experts say would have bankrupted our state’s long-term care benefits program. We saved WA Cares, and now we have a ...

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 ...

Concerned for not losing ground over recent advances, the association and others concerned with elder care are asking state legislators to adopt an increase in the state’s share of Medicaid funding — ...

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 ...

This year, Washington state faces a significant ... and day care subsidies could be impacted. “If we shortchange child care now, we will see long-term harm to the economy and long-term harm ...