Healthcare is a human right and at a time when our immigrant communities are under attack, we must raise our voices together to ensure immigrants can continue to access affordable health care in Washington!  

As part of the Health Equity for Immigrants Campaign (HEIC), your advocacy helped secure funding for the Apple Health Expansion (AHE) that launched in July 2024. It currently provides healthcare services to 12,000 immigrants in Washington State and almost 16,000 individuals remain on the waitlist.

The House and Senate recently released their proposed budgets and the HEIC is urging lawmakers to choose the House version ($152 Million for AHE) in order to maintain enough funding to cover the current 12,000 people with a Managed Care rather than a fee-for-services structure. Please use this updated letter to urge legislators to choose the House’s proposed budget for AHE so that 12,000 people will not lose the vital health care coverage they recently gained for the first time!