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The Washington state legislature has passed a bill that would expand the state’s charity care law and make free healthcare available to individuals making 300% of the federal poverty level. The bill, HB 1616, now moves to the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, for his signature or veto. …

The Attorney General of Washington State is planning to introduce a bill during the next legislative session that seeks to increase the eligibility for full write-offs on out-of-pocket medical bills for more than 1 million residents of the state. A copy of the bill, HB 1616, which will be introduced …

The joke about the song, “Isn’t it ironic” by Alanis Morrissette is that most of the situations mentioned in the song are coincidences, not irony. Rain on your wedding day is not irony. Getting into a traffic jam when you’re already late is not irony. I could go on, but …

The Attorney General of Washington has reached a settlement with a collector that it sued last year, which will see the collector pay $1.6 million in fines and restitution to consumers for allegedly deceiving them by making settlement offers in collection letters even though the collector could not enforce the …

The Washington state legislature has passed a bill at the request of the state Attorney General that increases the penalty for violation of the state’s Consumer Protection Act nearly fourfold, to $7,500 — the first time the penalty has been increased since the law was adopted more than five decades …

The Attorney General of Washington state is seeking to increase the penalty for violating the state’s consumer protection act by more than 500%, claiming that the increase is overdue because the fine limit has not been increased since the state law went into effect five decades ago. The proposed legislation …