Initiative 2124 (sabotaging the Washington Cares Fund) gets certified
The sixth of six submitted initiatives to the 2024 Washington State Legislature sponsored by Republican State Party Chair Jim Walsh and funded by right wing multimillionaire Brian Heywood was certified yesterday evening, which means it is destined for the November 2024 ballot for approval or rejection by voters.
Initiative 2124 has been maliciously engineered to cause the Washington Cares Fund to fail. That’s the system the Washington State Legislature set up a few years ago to address the long term care affordability crisis. By making participation in the Fund optional, I‑2124 would leave the system without enough money to operate, leaving most households at the mercy of expensive big long-term care insurers which only the wealthiest can afford.
It’s been estimated that the vast majority of us — 70% — will eventually need long-term care as we age. That includes help with meals, chores, and daily tasks. Passage of Initiative 2124 would leave working Washingtonians without access to an affordable plan they can count on to provide them with money to pay for long-term care, including in-home care, when they need it.
According to the Secretary of State’s Elections Division, 26,154 pages of signatures were received for I‑2081, containing 427,481 lines.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/27/trump-border-biden/
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Repubs back it, I'm against it.
