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Kathleen Thompson: Initiative 2124 will take away essential home care, increase preventable visits to the hospital

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Initiative 2124, on our November ballot, is misleadingly worded to sound like a small change – making our state long-term care benefits program optional – but it would effectively bankrupt the program, taking benefits away from nearly 4 million Washingtonians.

Kathleen Thompson: Initiative 2124 will take away essential home care, increase preventable visits to the hospital

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