Ladies and gentlemen: it’s time to talk about retirees. They have made it their business to protect everyone’s healthcare. They are a force to be reckoned with and deserve all of the applause.
Read MoreHealth Care Reform: Keep What’s Working and Fix What’s Wrong
On July 25, the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on a bill that most had not yet read. Since then, they’ve voted on and rejected two amendments, both of which are bad for patients, bad for caregivers and bad for America.
Read MoreNew must watch video: Why Do We Need Medicaid?
Like many Americans, you may have parents or other loved ones in nursing homes because they require around-the-clock care. Nursing-home care is expensive, typically $80,000 per year for a semiprivate room—far more than the income of a typical senior. Medicare generally pays only for short-term nursing-home stays. Yet only about 1 in 10 people 65 […]
Read MoreUNAC/UHCP Members Got on the Bus to Protect Patients and Community
Busloads of health care professionals delivered petitions to local Congressmen in Riverside County and San Diego County on March 17, calling on them to protect and improve Americans’ access to quality, affordable health care, not weaken it.
Read MoreWorking people demand answers from Big Pharma on skyrocketing Rx drug prices
Big Pharma can raise the price of a vital prescription drug at any time, for any reason without ever telling anyone why. The revenue could be going to buying hover boards for Pharma CEOs but no one would know. Why? Big Pharma spends millions of dollars to send lobbyists to our Capitols to wine and dine our legislators to keep the status quo: Pharma’s unchecked ability to raise prices behind closed doors without having to justify the rate hikes.
Read MoreTop 5 Reasons No CA Congressmember Should Vote for the Proposed ACA Repeal & Medicaid Caps & Cuts
On Monday night, the new draft to repeal the Affordable Care Act by Speaker Paul Ryan, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and the GOP Leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives was released, showing it goes a lot further to undermine the health care for Californians than simply undoing the coverage for many of the five […]
Read MoreCongress’ Cuts in Health Care Will Hit Women Harder
Republican leaders in Congress are working on plans to cut health benefits for tens of millions of people. The harms from these cuts are likely to have the biggest impact on women, both for their own health benefits and as they try to manage health care for their families.
Read MoreWorking people hold #WheresDenham Candlelight Vigil
Representative Jeff Denham’s constituents are fed up, and with just cause. After weeks of demanding an opportunity to meet with their Congressman face-to-face with zero response from Denham, hundreds of folks from his community decided to hold a peaceful candlelight vigil in his neighborhood in Turlock, CA last week. The cold temperature on a week night didn’t deter the crowd from passionately chanting “Denham: Do Your Job” and “What do we want? Healthcare! When do we want it? NOW!” for over an hour outside Denham’s gated community.
Read MoreWorking people fighting for their healthcare
Take note, elected officials: working people are organized and ready to mobilize for our healthcare! With a President who took office insistent on dismantling the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) without any feasible replacement option, California’s working people didn’t waste a second to take action. Rain or shine, working people have turned out in record numbers throughout the state to send a clear message to their elected officials: don’t cut our healthcare!
Read MoreCalling Out Bullying In Our Workplaces And Our Communities
This post is a guest submission by the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. In August—during the height of the presidential election campaign—I was in Chicago at a conference. I was sitting with a diverse group of people from around the United States and a gentleman from Germany. We were discussing everything from the declining wages […]
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