WSLC Opposes Default Enrollment in Medicare Advantage, Will Ask Governor to Initiate Process to Prosecute Theft of Social Security Data

At its annual convention, held July 21 – 23 in Wenatchee, the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) unanimously passed two important resolutions initiated by PSARA.

Opposing Default Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Plans

Noting that “private Medicare Advantage insurance plans are, for the most part, profit-based and are estimated to overcharge the Medicare Trust Fund by $76 billion in 2026,” WSLC stated its op-position to default enrollment of new Medicare beneficiaries into such plans.

Project 2025 calls for all Medicare-eligible beneficiaries who do not choose a plan to be automatically enrolled in private Medicare Advantage insurance plans, rather than in Original Medicare. The Trump-appointed Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mehmet Oz, and Chris Klomp, the Director of Medicare, have also stated their support for default enrollment into private Medicare Advantage plans.

In the resolution, WSLC promised to “send a letter to the state’s Congressional delegation urging them to oppose Administration plans to auto-enroll Medicare beneficiaries in private Medicare Advantage plans…”

WSLC also committed itself and its affiliates to “help educate their members about the Trump Administration’s plans to auto-enroll beneficiaries in private Medicare Advantage insurance, and encourage them to carefully consider the disadvantages of enrolling in privately insured Medicare Advantage plans.”

This resolution was submitted by PSARA and cosponsored by SEIU 775, AFT Washington, OPEIU Local 8, AFM Local 76-493, UAW Local 4121, MLK

Labor, APALA Seattle, and AFSCME Council 28.

Investigating and Prosecuting Elon Musk and DOGE for Theft of Our Social Security Data

In a second resolution, the WSLC promised that it would “make a formal request to Governor Ferguson that he ask Attorney General Nick Brown to investigate [theft of Social Security data], so that Attorney General Brown can determine whether Washington residents were victims of state crimes and proceed accordingly.”

Under state law, the AG can only begin criminal investigations when asked to do so by the Governor or by county prosecutors.

In a January 16, 2026, court filing the US Department of Justice admitted that employees of the Department of Government Efficiency aka DOGE, while embedded at the Social Security Agency (SSA), transferred agency data to an unauthorized third-party server outside all SSA protocols. The filing further revealed that a DOGE employee signed a “Voter Data Agreement” with a political advocacy group seeking to match SSA records against state voter rolls to overturn election results in certain states.

This resolution was submitted by PSARA and co-sponsored by AFM Local 76-493, AFT Washington, OPEIU Local 8, UAW Local 4121, MLK Labor, APALA Seattle, and AFSCME Council 28.