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DelBene Delivers $850,000 for Mountlake Terrace Community Center Resiliency Project

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA – Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) delivered an $850,000 ceremonial check for the City of Mountlake Terrace to fund repairs to the city’s emergency services shelter at the library. DelBene secured the investment in the FY26 federal funding law. The library houses several important resour...

DelBene Delivers $500,000 for Bellevue Wastewater Improvement Project

Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) delivered a $500,000 ceremonial check to the City of Bellevue to replace old pipes and upgrade the wastewater management system along Lake Washington. DelBene secured the investment in the FY26 federal funding law. This federal investment will be dedicated to the Lake Washingt...

WA Delegation Requests Expedited Emergency Declaration for Devastating Wildfires in Spokane

Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) joined Washington state’s Congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to approve Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson’s request for an expedited Emergency Declaration for the devastating wildfires sweeping through Central and Eastern Washington...

Feds reprimand private company using AI to review WA Medicare claims over delayed processing

The Arizona-based company using artificial intelligence to review certain Medicare requests in Washington state under a controversial six-year pilot program has been found out of compliance by the federal government. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that Virtix Health was required to subm...

 Democrats push for more data on Medicare AI prior authorization pilot 

Dive Brief: Democrat lawmakers are calling on the CMS to release more data on a controversial pilot program that adds artificial intelligence-backed prior authorization for some services in traditional Medicare. In a letter sent to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz on Monday, representatives pushed the agency to release ...

Medicare AI program made them suffer in pain. Now they want answers

For months, Medicare patients in Washington have struggled with delays and denials for medical treatments due to a new program that uses artificial intelligence to review care. Now, patients and their doctors are fed up and demanding changes. Lawmakers scrutinizing the program want to see it overhauled. “Congress and t...

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