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“If it hurts, it’s probably working” — WA Democrats on health care policy.
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Democrat Diagnosis: Raise Costs, Blame the Thermometer
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Washington Democrats love to talk about “lowering health care costs,” but their actions scream the opposite. In 2025, they hiked taxes on hospitals and doctors, jammed through more regulations, and passed a budget that bloats government while sticking patients with the bill. As the Washington Policy Center points out, Gov. Bob Ferguson and the Legislature even made it harder for providers to recover medical debt — because apparently, not paying your bills should come with a participation trophy.
Their new law capping reimbursements to hospitals serving public employees? It sounds “progressive” until the rest of us get the bill — either through higher prices, fewer services, or outright closures. And while liberal think tanks whine that hospitals are just protecting profits, most of them are operating deep in the red. But sure, let’s keep pretending the government knows how to run a hospital better than actual hospitals.
And don’t worry — they have a solution: taxpayer-funded, government-run health care. Because what better way to “fix” a struggling system than with longer waitlists, rationed care, and a Soviet-style bureaucracy?
Meanwhile, proven solutions like deregulating insurance markets, expanding Health Savings Accounts, scrapping outdated Certificate of Need laws, and encouraging direct primary care are ignored — because those don’t grow government.
If Democrats really cared about affordability, they’d stop lighting the health care system on fire and calling it “equity.” Read more at the Washington Policy Center.
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Evergreen Ego Trip: WA Dem Chair Climbs DNC Ladder, Declares Victory Over Reality
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Shasti Conrad, chair of the Washington State Democratic Party, just landed a shiny new title as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee — because when your party’s national strategy is in disarray, who better to turn to than the folks running Washington state into the ground?
Conrad won the role after the DNC had to redo its February election (yes, really) because they forgot to follow their own gender-parity rules. In typical fashion, chaos and complaints gave way to identity box-checking and self-congratulatory soundbites. Conrad proudly declared she’s a millennial ready to lead “today,” and as an AAPI leader, she wants a seat “at every table.” No word yet on whether any of those tables will feature working math or voter enthusiasm.
Her main qualification? Apparently, it’s that Democrats are “winning” in Washington state — a place with skyrocketing taxes, fentanyl-ridden sidewalks, and out-of-touch policies that drive residents and businesses elsewhere. But hey, who needs results when you’ve got hashtags and historic firsts?
Conrad now joins the team tasked with pushing back against President Donald Trump — you know, the one voters haven’t re-elected yet — and plotting how to regain a congressional majority. Let’s just hope their next internal election doesn’t need another do-over. Read more at the News Tribune.
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Selective Outrage Syndrome: Democrats Suddenly Discover War Powers (Again)
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President Trump hits Iranian nuclear sites, and Washington Democrats act like the Constitution just got nuked. They’re up in arms over “unauthorized military force,” “escalation,” and “forever wars.” But funny — not a single one of them was this loud when President Obama launched over 500 drone strikes without congressional approval, or when President Biden bombed Syria and Iraq multiple times without even a nod to Capitol Hill.
Senators Murray and Cantwell now claim Congress must approve all military force — but were MIA when Obama’s “kinetic military actions” in Libya skipped the War Powers Resolution entirely. And where was Adam Smith’s moral panic when Biden dropped bombs on Iranian proxies in 2021, 2022, and 2023?
Now they’re furious that Trump took out nuclear facilities in a terror-sponsoring country. But these are the same folks who called Biden’s strikes “measured” and Obama’s drone war “nuanced.” Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen, Kim Schrier — all suddenly constitutional scholars when Trump’s in charge, and all disturbingly quiet when it’s a Democrat pushing buttons.
Republicans Baumgartner and Newhouse cut through the performative hand-wringing, pointing out what’s actually at stake: a nuclear Iran is a threat to the world, not a Senate debate topic. But Democrats would rather stall, equivocate, and lecture Trump for doing what their own party did repeatedly — just without the press releases crying about tyranny.
Once again, it’s not about principle. It’s about politics. And nothing exposes that faster than who’s holding the remote control when the bombs drop. Read more at the Washington State Standard.
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