Vote No On I-2124: DON’T TAKE AWAY OUR LONG-TERM CARE BENEFITS
i-2124 will take away long-term care benefits from millions of washingtonians
Like Social Security and Medicare, Washington’s long-term care benefit is set up to allow seniors, and disabled or severely ill adults, to live with dignity and stability. I-2124 takes away a critical benefit that people and their families count on.
With I-2124, millions of Washingtonians with pre-existing conditions like cancer or diabetes will lose access to the only long term care benefit available to them—because private insurance companies won’t cover them.
I-2124 is opposed by AARP, the MS Society, health organizations, doctors, nurses, and workers’ unions representing home health care workers, grocery workers, and more.
“I-2124 will leave me with no options, since private insurance won’t cover my pre-existing condition.”
— Anthony, Renton, WA
i-2124 impacts
While political interests claim this is about giving people a choice, the truth is I-2124 will:
Harm people with pre-existing conditions, like cancer or diabetes, by taking away the only long-term care benefit available to them
Take $8.1 billion from our long-term care benefits program, forcing premium hikes, and quickly bankrupting the program for everyone
Take away benefits from more than 85% of working Washingtonians, nearly all of us
Leave us at the mercy of for-profit insurance companies who jack up premiums and deny benefits by 50%, 100%, or even 300% without warning
Make a 65-year-old retired couple pay, on average, $5,000 to $7,000 a year to keep access to their long term care benefit with a private insurance company
Force us to pay out of pocket for homecare, wheelchairs, ramps, and other long-term care expenses
Make us drain our savings, or sign over our homes, to qualify for Medicaid
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