A care provider for 65 adults who are developmentally disabled will close in King County A major provider of in-home care for developmentally disabled adults in Washington has announced it will cease operations in King County in the coming weeks because of a lack of affordable housing and challenges related to recruiting and retaining staff. Austin Jenkins
Pelosi Declares Victory In Battle For The House; GOP To Retain Senate Majority With solid wins by GOP candidates in states President Trump won handily in 2016, Senate Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate. And, House Democratic leaders declared victory. Kelsey Snell
First flu death in Washington state confirmed A Pierce County man in his 40s died Monday in a hospital -- Washington state's first flu death this season. Casey Martin
Free health care clinic returns to KeyArena this week It’s expected to serve roughly 4,000 people between Thursday and Sunday this week. Kate Walters
Massive shortage of pain meds affects Seattle hospitals The supply room for drugs at Wenatchee LifeLine, a rural ambulance service, is bare. Morphine is scant. Bags of saline are precious. Isolde Raftery
Should states launch their own 'Obamacare'? How about letting states offer their own universal health care plans? That’s the goal of a new bill that Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal unveiled... David Hyde
How a military healthcare overhaul could have killed patients in Washington Andy Hurst talks with Politico editor Arthur Allen about a new report from the Pentagon that found massive problems with the U.S. military's effort to... Andy Hurst
Barbara Ehrenreich explores modern mortality, what we get wrong about living well It sometimes seems as if author Barbara Ehrenreich has seen it all and done it all. From “Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers” to ... John O'Brien
Should health care for military vets be privatized? Kim Malcolm talks with Marine Corps veteran Josh Penner and Navy veteran Rebecca Murch about the potential impact of privatizing healthcare services... Kim Malcolm
Why doctors can turn away Medicare patients, even if they pay cash Last week, KUOW listener Carole Glickfeld reached out to us with a story. She had come down with walking pneumonia. “I was very weak, feverish, I felt... Kim Malcolm
