Proponents of WA Cares are misleading the public. They say without the state-imposed, long-term care program, millions of people will lose a taxpayer-financed benefit. No Washingtonian has a benefit ...

Washington voters face a decision on the November about the WA Cares long term care program. Ballot Initiative 2124 proposes to make the WA Cares program voluntary. Getty Images Getty Images ...

About 55.7% of initial ballots counted Tuesday night included votes against state ballot Initiative 2124, an encouraging sign for those who want to preserve the state's public long-term care insurance ...

As many people throughout Washington are struggling to make ends meet because of inflation and our state having the most expensive gas in the nation, the last thing they want is to pay a big new tax.

It probably shouldn’t be surprising that a first-of-its-kind benefits program such as the WA Cares Fund — if not built while already flying — has needed some modifications while it taxied the runway ...

SEATTLE — Initiative 2124, which would allow people to opt out of WA Cares, is projected to fail. The initiative was being rejected by 55% the day after the general election. The organization "No on I ...

(The Center Square) – Initiative 2124, which would allow Washington workers to opt out of the mandatory payroll tax that funds WA Cares – the state’s long-term care insurance program – was rejected by ...

The fate of a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind public long-term care insurance program in Washington state – the WA Cares Fund – hangs in the balance as residents prepare to vote on whether they ...

If voters pass Initiative 2124 to make Washington’s long-term care benefit voluntary, it could cost the state millions of dollars to deal with a large-scale exodus of people from the program. How many ...

As more people near the age of retirement, leaders of Washington’s long-term insurance care program, known as WA Cares, want to prepare families for the financial and emotional impact of that ...

A long-term care organization is urging Washington state officials to address outstanding issues with its revolutionary public long-term care program, WA CaresFund, which narrowly survived being voted ...