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Overview

The Whatcom Alliance for Healthcare Access is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting access to healthcare services for all members of our community. Composed of a wide range of partners including leaders from the nonprofit, business and governmental sectors, as well as many local health care organizations, we are dedicated to solving community healthcare problems.

WAHA is focused on the following local solutions:

• Providing client services for people wanting information and assistance about health insurance and accessing health care in Whatcom County.
• Recruiting much-needed physicians to the area and retaining the doctors already serving Whatcom County.
• Providing information for decision makers and the community about sound healthcare policies.

 

 

 

 

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July 16 , 2008
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WAHA Receives Gift from Unity Group

The Whatcom Alliance for Healthcare Access was recently selected to receive a donation of $3,000 from the Unity Group of Bellingham. These funds were distributed as a part of Regence BlueShield's Ovation Broker Bonus Program and will be used for children's healthcare outreach.

April 15, 2008
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WAHA Receives Grant from Regence Foundation

WAHA is pleased to announce it has been selected as a recipient of a Transforming Healthcare Grant from the Regence Foundation. The Regence Foundation focuses on funding health care issues in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. Click here to read the proposal, which outlines WAHA’s work in the past few years. Click here to read a press release from Regence Foundation.

April 3, 2008
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School Outreach Bill Signed Into Law

The School Outreach Bill, ESSB 5100, was signed into law by Governor Gregoire today. This bill requires public schools to ask whether students have health insurance & inform parents of uninsured children about Medicaid and SCHIP. The program will be piloted in up to six school districts during the 2008-09 school year. Click here to read the text of the bill.