ACROSS
ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND BEYOND.. FOR BUSINESSES NEAR THE
LAKE..
THE BIRD WATCHERS ARE
ALSO A WELCOMED SIGHT.
"GOOGLE MAPS IS WRONG!"
SPOKANE COUNTY IS URGING
DRIVERS..
DRIVERS.. JUST BECAUSE YOUR G-P-S SAYS TO DRIVE DOWN A
CLOSED ROAD..
PLEASE, DON'T.
PLEASE, DON'T. GOOD EVENING AND THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M JANE MCCARTHY.
JANE MCCARTHY.
GOOD
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M JANE MCCARTHY.
WELCOME EVERYONE, I'M
MARK HANRAHAN.
THOUSANDS OF WASHINGTON
TEENS DON'T HAVE A PLAC
TO CALL
HOME.
NOW SPOKANE IS TAKING
PART IN A NEW INITIATIVE
TO TRY AND COMBAT
THE PROBLEM.
IT'S CALLED THE ANCHOR
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.
KREM 2'S SHAYNA WALTOWER
HAS MORE ON THE PROGRAM
AND ITS
GOALS.
GOALS.
GOALS. 13
GOALS. 13 THOUSAND.
13 THOUSAND. THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON UNDER THE
AGE OF
25 ARE REPORTED HOMELESS
EVERY YEAR.
THAT IS ALMOST A QUARTER
OF THE STATE'S ENTIRE
YEARLY HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS.
NOW JUST YESTERDAY,
PROTESTERS ANAVS
HAD A
DISCUSSION WITH SPOKANE
CITESAN
HOW TO BETTER
PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR
THOSE LIVING ON THE
STREETS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
QUESNAW
THE
QUESNAW THE SOLUTIONS?
THE SOLUTIONS? WELL THIS COULD BE ONE
OF THEM.
IT'S CALLED HR
WELL THIS COULD BE ONE OF THEM. MN S CALLED HR
WELL THIS COULD BE ONE OF THEM. MN TI ALLED HR
AND IT'S
A PLAN THROUGH WY
MN TI ALLED HR AND IT'S MWIOAN THROUGH WY
MOVEMENT GEARED
TOWARD PREVENTING AND
ENDING YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS.
THE INITIATIVE STARTED
BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
PICYMWA
THE INITIATIVE STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER. LANSAWA
ARE THE FOUR
COUNTIES THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING.
THE INITIATIVE'S MAIN
GOAL IS TO END YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS IN
THESE AREAS BY 2022.
NOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE A
PRETTY HEAVY TASK,
IT WILL MAINLY USE
SMALLER PLANS TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.
THERE'S A CRISIS
RESPO NSED
TO SPEED UP THE
PROCESS OF GETTING YOUTH
RESPO NSED TO SPEED UP THE FRSDESS OF GETTING YOUTH
INTO
SHELTERS.
INTO SHELTERS. THERE ARE AOAR
EMERGENCY AND LONG-TERM
SHELTERS. THERE ARE AOAR GSLRGENCY AND LONG-TERM
SHELTERS. THERE ARE AOAR SLRGENCY AND LONG-TERM
SHELTERS. THERE ARE AOAR CO GENCY AND LONG-TERM
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. IF THIS STILL SOUNDS
LIKE A LOT, THE
INITIATIVE IS SET TO
HAVE A
LARGE TEAM OFP A.
THERE ARE PEOPLE
HAVE A LARGE TEAM OFP A. THERE ARE PEOPLERGMS
YOUTH, LOCAL
GOVERNMENT LEADERS,
CRSUAE
ABUSE
CRSUAE ABUSE
ABUSE
COUNSELORS AND EVEN YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS.
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS. SPOKANE'S OFFICIAL
LAUNCH DATE IS TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 11TH.
THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY
AT 10:30AM THE
PHILANTHROPY
CENTER ON RIVERSIDE.
SHAYNA WALTOWER, KREM2
NEWS.
NEWS.
WASHINGTON STATE REPRESENTATIVE MATT SHEA LOST
HIS LEADERSHIP POSITION
IN THE STATE HOUSE.
THIS COMES AFTER SHEA
RELEASED HIS
CONTROVERSIAL BIBLICAL
GUIDE TO
WAR.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR -
CYRUS HABIB - SHARED
THIS STATEMENT ON
TWITTER.. SAYING IN
PART,
"THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU
WHO PRESSURED HOUSE
REPUBLICANS TO
DO THE RIGHT THING AND
REMOVE MATT SHEA AS
CAUCUS CHAIR.
ADVOCATING VIOLENCE
AGAINST RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES IS BOTH
IMMORAL AND
UN-AMERICAN."
SHEA, WHO REPRESENTS
SPOKANE VALLEY HAS NOT
COMMENTED ON LOSING HIS
LEADERSHIP POSITION.
PREVIOUSLY HE DISMISSED
THE CRITICISM AS SMEARS
AND
SLANDER AND SAYS HE'S
ALWAYS CONDEMNED RACISM.
A
A TRIP
A TRIP TO
A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL LEFT A SINGLE MOM WITH A BILL FOR ONE-
HUNDRED-THOUSAND
DOLLARS..
HUNDRED-THOUSAND DOLLARS.. AND HER INSURANCE IS
ONLY PAYING A FRACTION
OF IT.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
KYLE IBOS IG
TO GET ANSWERS
FOR THE WASHINGTON
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. A
FAMILY. A MOTHER KNOWS WHEN
SOMETHING IS WRONG. AND JAMIE HANSEN SENSED-
THIS WAS SERIOUS.
HER SON RYAN FELT DIZZY,
HIS HEART RACED, AND HE
COMPLAINED OF
SOME UNUSUAL PAIN.
JAMIE HANSEN, FACING
HEFTY MEDICAL BILL
15:15:31 "IT WAS IN HIS
HIP- HE SAID IT HURT
WHEN HE MOVED HIS HIP
AROUND AND WHEN HE
WALKED." :36
EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS
AT PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST
MEDICAL CENTER AGREED-
SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE
15-
YEAR OLD HAD AN
INFECTION THAT WASANIE
HE
NEEDED SPECIALTY CARE,
RIGHT AWAY.
JAMIE HANSEN, FACING
HEFTY MEDICAL BILL
15:17:53 "WELL, HE
NEEDS PEDIATRIC CARE
THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE
HERE :55 AND HE HAS TO
GO."
SO DOOA
HERE :55 AND HE HAS TO GO." HN DOOA
HERE :55 AND HE HAS TO GO." HN VROA
ORDERED AN
AMBULANCE TO TAKE RYAN
ACROSS THE RIVER TO
RANDALL
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT
LEGACY EMANUEL IN
PORTLAND.
ALL THE WHILE-
REASSURING HIS MOTHER-
EVERYTHING
WOULD BE FINE, HER
HEALTH INSURANCE WOULD
TREAT THIS AS IN-
NETWORK.
JAMIE HANSEN,AG
HEFTY MEDICAL BILL
15:18:12 "AND THEY
SAITR
WILL BE COVERED BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW- IT IS AN
EMERGENCY ADMIT AND YOU
ARE
ARE COMING FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM." :17 TO THIS OTHER HOSPITAL.
:21
AFTER A WEEK AT RANDALL,
INCLUDING FOUR DAYS IN
THE
PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE
UNIT- RYAN MADE A FULL
RECOVERY. HE
WAS SENT HOME.
A FEW WEEKS LATER THE
FIRST HOSPITAL BILL
ARRIVED: $112-
ARRIVED: $112-
THOUSAND
THOUSAND DOLLARS. JAMIE HANSEN, FACING HEFTY MEDICAL BILL
15:23:54 "I THINK I WAS
KIND OF IN- SHOCK, I WAS
NUMB." :58
JAMIE HANSEN'S HEALTH
IUCL
HEALTH
IUCL HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON
PROVIDED LITTLE RELIEF.
AFTER
PROCESSING THE CLAIMS,
HANSEN SAID INSN
OFFERED TO PAY
JUST A SMALL PORTION OF
THE TOTAL BILL.
LIFEWISE WOULD COVER
ROUGHLY $15-THOUSAND
DOLLARS- LEAVING
HANSEN ON THE HOOK FOR
THE REMAINING
$96-THOUSAND.
EVEN ON A MONTHLY
PAYMENT PLAN, HANSEN
FEARED HER
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET WOULD
SURELY IMPLODE. SHE'S A
SINGLE
MOM, WHO LOST HER
HUSBAND TO CANCER THREE
YEARS AGO- NOT TO
MENTION, HANSEN IS STILL
PAYING OFF HER OWN
MEDICAL BILLS AFTER
TREATMENT FOR BREAST
CANCER.
JAMIE HANSEN, FACING
HEFTY MEDICAL BILL
15:27:27 "IT MAKES YOU
VERY WORRIED, VERY
SCARED. I'M
THINKING THAT I'M GOING
TO HAVE TO SELL MY HOUSE
IN ORDER TO PAY IT
OFF." :33
COIT
T F
COIT T F
COIT T F SHE DID EVERYTHING
SHE COULD TO PREVENT AN
OUTRAGEOUS HOSPITAL
BILL-
REPEATEDLY CONFIRMING
CLAIMS WOULD BE TREATED
AT THE
IN-NETWORK BENEFIT
LEVEL.
JAMIE HANSEN, FACING
HEFTY MEDICAL BILL
15:18:33 "I THINK I
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT
YES, I'M GOING TO HAVE
SOME OUT OF POCKET T
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YES, I'M GOING TO HAVE DOTIISUT OF POCKET T
CONSIDERING THAT
IT WOULD BE OVER
$100,000:2
THE CASE IS A TELLING
EXAMPLE OF HOW POWERLESS
PATIENTS CAN BE- IN THE
COMPLEX WORLD OF MEDICAL
BILLING.
HOSPITALS DON'T TELL
PATIENTS HOW MUCH THEY
CHARGE.
AND PATIENTS DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH INSURERS WILL
PAY UNTIL
THEY GET THEIR BILLS.
BRIAN TERRETT, LEGACY
HEALTH
16:35:26 "WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY LIFEWISE
ISN'T PAYING MORE." :29
LEGACY HEALTH SAID IT
WAS SHOCKED THAT
LIFEWISE WOULD
ONLY COVER 14% OF
HANSEN'S BILL. NORMALLY
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES-
LEGACY SAID INSURANCE
COMPANIES WILL PAY
BETWEEN 80
AND 90-PERCENT OF THE
BILL.
BRIAN TERRETT, LEGACY
HEALTH
16:33:38 "IN ALMOST
EVERY INSTANCE- EXCEPT
FOR THIS ONE- S
PATIENT
NEVER WLAS
THIS TYPE OF A BILL. :42
KYLE IBOSHI
16:33:43 "SO THIS IS AN
OUTLIER." :45
BRIAN TERRETT, LEGACY
HEALTH
16:33:46 "THIS BILL- WAS
A COMPLETE OUTLIER." :48
WE WERE AS
SURPRISED AS THE MOM."
:50
LIFEWISE DECLINED AN
INTERVIEW.
IN A STATEMENT,
HLIRS-E
KNOW HOW
SHOCKING AND SCARY IT
CAN BE WHEN A HOSPITAL
CHOOSES
CHOOSES TO BILL A PATIENT FOR THE DIFFNEW
AN INSURANCE
COMPANY WILL COVER AND
WHAT THE PROVIDER IS
CHARGING FOR THE
PROCEDURE."
LEGACY SAID- IT'S
WORKING WITH HANSEN TO
REDUCE HER BILL.
BUT LIFEWISE ISN'T
BUDGING- FORCING HANSEN
TO MAKE UP THE
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE.
LEGACY
LEGACY HEALTH REDUCED THE BILL TO 24-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HANSEN SAYS SHE IS
APPRECIATIVE OF THE
OFFER - AND HOPES TO
MAKE IT
WORK - BUT FEELS LIKE
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE
DONE TO IMPROVE THE
SYSTEM, SO OTHERS AREN'T
STUCK IN THE SAME
POSITION.
POSITION.
POSITION. HERE'S ANOTHER REMINDER
THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS TRUST YOUR G-P-S..
THIS SIGN IS POSTEDEREO-KR
ROAD
CONSTRUCTION.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION. SPOKANE COUNTY TELLS US,
'GOOGLE MAPS' IS
DRIVERS TO THE
WRONG ROAD REVISIONS.
THE PROJECT WILL RUN
THROUGH 2019, SO IF YOUR
G-P-S
G-P-S TELLS YOU TO DRIVE DOWN A ROAD THAT'S CLEARLY CLOSED FOR
CONSTRUCTION.. DON'T DO
THERE ARE NEARLY A DOZEN
TRAFFIC REVISIONS IN THE AREA OF BIGELOW
GULCH AND FORKER ROAD.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE WET
WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.
TOM HAS DETAILS ON WHEN
IT COULD DRY OUT - TOM?
A
A BUSY
A BUSY DAY FOR ONE IDAHO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - STUDENTS AT WILDER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
SOUTHERN IDAHO WELCOMED
IVANKA TRUMP AND APPLE
C-E-O TIM COOK
INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS
TODAY.
THE TWO WERE THERE AS
PART OF A PROGRAM TO
REINFORCE
REINFORCE THEIR COMMITMENT TO TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOML
WITH
WORKFORCE AND STEM
DEVELOPMENT.
APPLE GAVE THE SCHOOL
DISTRACT A GRANT, WHICH
PUT I-PADS IN THE
HANDS OF EVERY STUDENT.
LAST YEAR - APPLE
PARTNERED WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE, SO COOK AND
TRUMP SAW FIRSTHAND HOW
TECHNOLOGY IS REDEFINING
CLASSROOMS IN RURAL
DISTRICTS.