The League of Women Voters Bellingham-Whatcom County and Whole Washington will host a town hall on a single-payer healthcare system at the Bellingham Public Library central branch on Saturday, July 13.
The groups described in a press release their concerns with the current system that include inadequate staffing, hospital closures, challenges with navigating insurance coverage, surprise bills and medical debt. The event will consist of a 20-minute presentation followed by a Q&A session.
“Whole Washington aims to create open dialogue about our healthcare system. In some way, we’re all too familiar with the failures of the fragmented, for-profit system that we have today,” the group released in a joint statement.
Whole Washington is an initiative that started in 2016 as a coalition of healthcare professionals and volunteers statewide to create a national single-payer healthcare system, according to its website.
The town hall will be hosted 2-3 p.m. at the Bellingham Public Library lecture room, 210 Central Avenue in downtown Bellingham. The event is intended to be non-partisan and educational.
The event is free and doesn’t require registration, according to the League of Women Voters Bellingham-Whatcom County website.
To learn more about Whole Washington, visit its website at wholewashington.org.
