Partial federal government shutdown
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Meetings and materials
The purpose of the Universal Health Care Commission is to make health care more accessible and affordable for all Washington residents.
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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:
- Speak during the designated public comment time at our meetings. Sign up to provide public comment by 5 p.m. the day before the meeting occurs. We’ll invite those who signed up before the meeting to speak in the order they signed up, followed by those who didn’t sign up, if there’s time remaining.
- Submit written comments at any time. We’ll include comments received at least two weeks before a meeting in the upcoming meeting’s materials. If you submit your comments less than two weeks before a meeting, we’ll include them in the following meeting’s materials.
Upcoming meetings
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Date and time |
Location |
Topics |
Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, December 11 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile. Phone: 1-253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 850 3232 7130 |
2026 meetings
| Date and time | Location |
|---|---|
| Thursday, February 12, 2026 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile. Phone: 1-253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 860 2598 4630 |
| Thursday, April 30, 2026 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile. Phone: 1-253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 858 5945 8066 |
| Thursday, June 18, 2026 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile. Phone: 1-253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 811 3918 0529 |
| Thursday, September 3, 2026 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile. Phone: 1-253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 843 7229 9417 |
| Thursday, October 15, 2026 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile. Phone: 1-253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 899 7370 8043 |
| Thursday, December 10, 2026 2–5 p.m. |
Meet at HCA, join on Zoom, or call on mobile. Phone: 1-253-205-0468 Webinar ID: 890 5297 8058 |
Hybrid meetings
All commission meetings have been hybrid meetings since June 2023. This means attendees may either:
- Log into the Zoom meeting
- Attend in person to view and participate in the Zoom meeting at the Health Care Authority (HCA)
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
Accommodation requests
You can request live close captioning, or Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, for our meetings. Scheduling CART services takes up to three weeks, so please send a request by email as soon as possible.
For other language access accommodations, call 1-855-682-0787 (or Telecommunications Relay Service 711).
All meetings sponsored by the Health Care Authority meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. Read HCA’s nondiscrimination statement for more details.
Past meetings
This section includes meeting recordings from 2023 through 2025. To request recordings from 2022 and earlier, contact the Commission.
- 2025
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Date
Location
Topics Materials
October 9 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. - Hear final feedback on the 2025 annual report to the Legislature
- Learn how FTAC is tackling provider payments in a universal system
- Look ahead to the Commission’s 2026 workplan
September 11 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. - Learn how states could work together with interstate compacts
- Review straw proposals about key design elements
- Look ahead to transitional solutions
Advocates roundtable
August 5This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. In this moderated discussion, advocacy groups shared their visions for universal health care in Washington. We hosted representatives from:
- Health Care for All – Washington
- Health Care Is a Human Right – Washington
- Washington Community Action Network (CAN)
- Whole Washington
June 11 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. - State budget and workplan updates
- Universal health care benefit design
- Next steps for governance and provider reimbursement
April 17 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. - Whether to consider governance earlier in the design process
- Results of a benefit cost analysis
- Guidance for future modeling of a universal system
February 13 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA.
- Update on the Universal Health Care Commission’s 2025 workplan
- Lessons learned from Oregon’s experience with price caps
- Rural perspectives on universal design
- 2024
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Date
Location
Topics Materials
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
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
August 15 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. - Prior authorization
- Presentation on Apple Health Expansion
June 4 This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA. - Administrative simplification: panel discussion, next steps
- Finance Technical Advisory Committee (FTAC) updates
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
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
- 2023
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Date
Location
Topics Materials
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
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
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
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
April 11, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom. - Request to analyze the Washington Health Trust bill (SB 5335, 2023)
- Equity presentation
- Transitional solutions
February 9, 2023 This meeting was held on Zoom. - Transitional solutions
- Direction for the Finance Technical Advisory Committee (FTAC)
- Tribal health presentation
- Read meeting materials (02/09/2023)
- This meeting recording is available upon request
- Read meeting summary (02/09/2023)
- 2022
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Date
Location
Materials
December 15, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. October 13, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. August 16, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. July 13, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. June 16, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. April 14, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. February 25, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. January 4, 2022 This meeting was held on Zoom. - 2021
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Date
Location
Materials
November 30, 2021 This meeting was held on Zoom.