Last week, a piece I wrote in Crosscut had a factual error about ER utilization.  The Washington State Hospital Association politely corrected me, which I appreciated both professionally and personally. 

Today’s “5 Things We’re Watching” highlighted a piece that addressed the impact on hospitals on not expanding Medicaid.   I also linked to McKenna’s healthcare platform from last week, and noted what appears to be McKenna’s strongest statement yet against expanding Medicaid.

That was my connection between the two concepts – the negative impact on hospitals of not expanding Medicaid and McKenna’s position which appears opposed to Medicaid expansion.

That was not the hospital association’s connection.  As a 501c3 organization, WSHA doesn’t take formal positions on campaigns.  Indeed, I’m sure their membership has a wide range of opinions on the matter.

So, to clarify, the connection was mine, not theirs.  And, to the extent that there was a question about that, I apologize for the confusion.

Carry on.

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