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  • Hopeful messages on long-term-care fall short; exemptions continue

    Elizabeth Hovde, Washington Policy Center|Updated Jun 6, 2022

    Administrators of Washington state’s long-term-care law are hitting news outlets and providing health care writers with messages of hope about a social program they say will provide “peace of mind,” even though it does nothing of the sort. The government website selling the WA Cares program says, “By contributing a small amount from each paycheck while we’re working, we can all pay for long-term care when we need it.” But that’s far from the case. Washingtonians who move out...