These Seattle-area clinics plan to take care of people who’ve lost their health insurance Eilís O'Neill November 21, 2025 / 3:52 pm

About 380,000 Washington state residents are expected to lose their health insurance because of federal changes to Medicaid and the elimination of federal subsidies for plans bought on the health insurance marketplace commonly known as Obamacare.

That will leave them with extremely limited access to health care.

Community health centers in the Seattle area are bracing for an influx of patients who can’t pay for their care. They expect that many of their patients will lose their coverage because of the changes, and that people who previously had health insurance will also find their way to community clinics for free doctor’s appointments.

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