How We Advocate for You in Olympia

WSMA’s Government Affairs and Policy staff are on the ground in Olympia every day advocating on behalf of physicians, patients, and the practice environment in Washington state. In this 13-minute video, WSMA Director of Policy Jeb Shepard explains what that advocacy looks like in real terms—how we determine the priority issues where we focus our advocacy, how those priorities translate into legislative and regulatory policy, what a typical year cycle looks like for our state government’s policymaking bodies, and more.