The spotty availability of the new public-option plans is one of several hiccups that arose during the rollout of Washington’s new, government-procured health care program.
Now, Washington legislators think they have found a solution to bring the public-option plans to all of the state’s counties by 2023.
Washington was the first state to approve this kind of public-option program, which doesn’t involve the state setting up and running its own insurance plan or providing universal health care, like Medicaid for All.
Instead, the state contracts with private insurers to offer the plans, while setting certain rules and cost limits. The public-option plans are then sold alongside other insurance plans on the
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