Businesses against i-2124

Join WASHINGTON businesses In OPPOSING I-2124

I-2124 is opposed by business owners as well as nurses, doctors, health care providers, patient organizations, home health care workers, and organizations representing the millions of Washingtonians living with pre-existing conditions.

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How I-2124 Harms Businesses

How I-2124 Harms EMPLOYERS & BUSINESSES

I-2124 would take away Washington’s guaranteed long-term care benefit from 85% of employees, worsening labor shortages.

Employees, not employers, pay for their own long-term care benefits through Washington’s program.

If I-2124 passes, 1 in 4 workers may have to leave their jobs or cut hours to care for spouses, in-laws, or parents with serious health conditions. 

  • Right now, more than 860,000 people spend hundreds of hours a year acting as unpaid caregivers in Washington, labor valued at $12 billion a year. 

  • I-2124 will worsen this situation by cutting $8.1 billion in care benefits covering more than 1,000 hours of professional or family home care, as well as commonly needed medical equipment and home modifications such as wheelchairs, ramps, grab bars, mobility carts, and more.

I-2124 will leave 85% of Washington workers with no long-term care coverage. 

  • Medicare and health insurance do not cover home care, equipment, home modifications, and residential facilities. 

  • Only 3% of Americans have long-term care insurance because it’s expensive and denies coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, from cancer to sleep apnea.

  • Only 0.5% of all businesses offer long term care insurance to their employees.

I-2124 will make Washington less attractive for retirement.

I-2124 is opposed by the Washington Health Care Association, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the National MS Society, nurses, doctors, and businesses.