More than 75,000 workers strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/04/health-care-workers-strike-at-kaiser-permanente.html

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ElleChaise@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y
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holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y

Insurance companies also hire out lower trained medical professionals such as a nurse practitioner to decide on certain prescriptions/procedures recommended by physicians.

Hegar@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y

If you go to a Kaiser facility, make sure to ask your doctor what they are doing to support striking workers!

Octavian@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

There's a union community? Hell yeah. Brothers and sisters unite!