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The other time Washington state had Obamacare

caption: Christine Mathews says she couldn't afford health insurance without the ACA subsidies. She was at a rally in march outside Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s district office in Bothell.
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Christine Mathews says she couldn't afford health insurance without the ACA subsidies. She was at a rally in march outside Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s district office in Bothell.
KUOW PHOTO/AMY RADIL

Remember that time back in the 1990s when Washington state had Obamacare?

Okay, it wasn't exactly the same, but the health insurance law the Legislature passed in 1993 had a similar goal: Get more people covered by health insurance.

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