Democrat Mike Kreidler has spent the last 16 years in the insurance commissioner’s office—which has gotta make him eligible for some wonk medal of valor—and he’s been using the time to get shit done to protect Washingtonians from getting screwed by faceless health-insurance corporations. In the early aughts, Kreidler mandated that insurance companies cover women’s contraceptives along with other prescription drugs. Then, in 2014, he laughed in the faces of bigoted insurers and banned them from refusing health-care coverage to transgender people, which was critical for those seeking transition-related medical treatment as well as mental-health services. Hell. Fucking. Yes.
