Welcome to Washington Wellness
Welcome state employees, retirees, and family members! Our goal here at Washington Wellness is to make healthy choices easier. To that end, we have brought a few selected resources together to help you address your individual health needs. We hope you'll take a few minutes to take these:
Four Easy Steps to Better Health
- Learn your Risks
- Take your Health Risk Assessment
- Learn about your health risks and current conditions
- Take advantage of your Benefits
- Talk to your doctor about your risks and conditions
- Learn what benefits your medical plans offer to help manage those conditions
- Connect with your Workplace
- Get connected with your workplace wellness program
- Find out what else you can do at work to improve your health and safety - Discover more Resources
- Check out the Fitness Club Discount Program
- and other resources for nutrition, physical activity, preventive care, tobacco cessassion, and more!
From the Blog
Health & Government News
By Shyloh WidemanJuly 2, 2009
- DOH Press Release - Childhood vaccine program to undergo major changes
- DOH Press Release - Fire up the grill - and handle food safely
- News Tribune - Public option would soon become only option
- News Tribune - Wal-Mart backs health plan
- NY Times - Insured but unprotected, and driven bankrupt
- NY Times - Panel recommends ban on 2 popular painkillers
- NY Times - Panel suggests medical priorities for US comparative effectiveness effort
- Olympian - Aid case increase adds to budget shortfall
- Olympian - State budget year begins with 3,200 jobs on the block
- Seattle PI - Another $250 million caseload hit to state budget
- Seattle PI - CDC says private health care coverage at 50 year low
- Seattle PI - We must pass health care reform now
- Seattle Times - Cantwell hints she might back Obama's public health plan
- Seattle Times - Health care cost estimates mosly unreliable
- Seattle Times - Help small businesses by lowering health care costs
- Seattle Times - Gregoire OKs emergency money for flu season
Health Care Authority Administrator Steve Hill on the Basic Health Plan
By Shyloh WidemanJuly 1, 2009
TVW (Washington State Public Affairs Network) interviewed Health Care Authority Administrator Steve Hill on the Basic Health Plan on June 25, 2009 on their Inside Olympia show. Check out Steve's interview with host Austin Jenkins below (the first half hour) or the discussion on what we can expect from Congress this summer as far as national health policy (the last half hour).
Health & Government News
By Shyloh WidemanJuly 1, 2009
- Google News - Hard choices for 4 big health care issues
- McClatchy - Commentary: Forging a new path to real health care reform
- Olympian - Additional spending limits are right call
- Olympian - DSHS leader aims to do more
- Olympian - HCA and DRS will not merge
- Olympian - Rep. Williams on state insurance costs
- Olympian - Retiree costs also increase in some areas
- Olympian - State should side with Providence St. Peter
- Olympian - State to decide hospital row
- Seattle PI - Health care is coming at you
- Seattle Times - $26.5 million boost for health centers in state
- Seattle Times - Even those with health insurance can go broke
- Seattle Times - Not enough audacity on health care
- Seattle Times - Republican opponents of health care reform will help it succeed
- Seattle Times - Senate health care bill coming into focus
Gov. Gregoire meets with President Obama on health care reform
By Shyloh WidemanJune 25, 2009
“The message I delivered was we need health care reform, and we need it now,” Gregoire said. “We can’t let the rising cost of health care continue to bankrupt our families, businesses and government. We have to take steps to make health care more affordable, and enhance the quality of care our families are receiving.”
For more information on their June 24th meeting, check out Governor Gregoire's Press Release and President Obama's Full Remarks.