Meetings and materials

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

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

Date	Location	Topics	Materials
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	View meeting materials (09/11/2025) Watch recording (09/11/2025)
Advocates roundtable August 5	This 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	View meeting materials (08/05/2025) Watch recording (08/05/2025)
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	View meeting materials (06/11/2025) Read meeting minutes (06/11/2025) Watch recording (06/11/2025)
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	View meeting materials (04/17/2025) Read meeting minutes (04/17/2025) Watch recording (04/17/2025)
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	View meeting materials (02/13/2025) Read meeting minutes (02/13/2025) Watch recording (02/13/2025)

2024

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	View meeting materials (12/05/2024) Read meeting summary (12/05/2024) Watch recording
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	View meeting materials (10/10/2024) Read meeting summary (10/10/2024) Watch recording (10/10/2024)
August 15	This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA.	Prior authorization Presentation on Apple Health Expansion	View meeting materials (08/15/2024) Watch recording (08/15/2024) Read meeting summary (08/15/2024)
June 4	This meeting was held on Zoom and at HCA.	Administrative simplification: panel discussion, next steps Finance Technical Advisory Committee (FTAC) updates	View meeting materials (06/04/2024) Watch recording (06/04/2024) Read meeting summary (06/04/2024)
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	View meeting materials (04/17/2024) Watch recording (04/17/2024) Read meeting summary (04/17/2024)
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	Read meeting materials (02/02/2024) Watch recording (02/02/2024) Read meeting summary (02/02/2024)

2023

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	View meeting materials (12/14/2023) Watch recording (12/14/2023) Read meeting summary (12/14/2023)
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	Read meeting materials (10/12/2023) Watch recording (10/12/2023) Read meeting summary (10/12/2023)
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	Read meeting materials (08/10/2023) Watch recording (08/10/2023) Read meeting summary (08/10/2023)
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	Read meeting materials (06/13/2023) Watch recording (06/13/2023) Read meeting summary (06/13/2023)
April 11, 2023	This meeting was held on Zoom.	Request to analyze the Washington Health Trust bill (SB 5335, 2023) Equity presentation Transitional solutions	Read meeting materials (04/11/2023) Watch the recording (04/11/2023) Read meeting summary (04/11/2023)
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

Date	Location	Materials
December 15, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (12/15/2022) | Part one View meeting materials (12/15/2022) | Part two View meeting materials (12/15/2022) | Part three Read meeting minutes (12/15/2022)
October 13, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (10/13/2022) Read meeting minutes (10/13/2022)
August 16, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (08/16/2022) Read meeting minutes (08/16/2022)
July 13, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (07/13/2022) Read meeting minutes (07/13/2022)
June 16, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (06/16/2022) Read meeting minutes (06/16/2022)
April 14, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (04/14/2022) Read meeting minutes (04/14/2022)
February 25, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (02/25/2022) Read meeting minutes (02/25/2022)
January 4, 2022	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (01/04/2022) Read meeting minutes (01/04/2022)

2021

Date	Location	Materials
November 30, 2021	This meeting was held on Zoom.	View meeting materials (11/30/2021) Read meeting minutes (11/30/2021)