health care
AFGE hails bill extending VA health benefits to toxic-harmed vets
August 15, 2022All-night Capitol Hill vigil by veterans results in victory, overcoming Republican obstruction.
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Kaiser mental health clinicians to start open-ended strike Aug. 15
August 12, 2022“As clinicians, we have made proposal after proposal to Kaiser for greater investment in timely care for patients, and Kaiser has rejected all of them. Now, we have no other option but to strike.”
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Indiana organizers meet to strategize Medicare for All fight
July 28, 2022A coalition that includes the Communist Party met in the state capital to map out the struggle to win universal health care.
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Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians say California patients still being denied timely care
July 5, 2022State Sen. Scott Weiner: “You can’t give someone a first appointment and then make them wait two or three months for their second and subsequent appointments, because that completely undermines effective mental health treatment.”
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Western states declare abortion access pact in opposition to Supreme Court
June 28, 2022California, Oregon, and Washington say they’ll uphold access to reproductive healthcare and protect patients and medical professionals against efforts by other states to impose rules outside their borders.
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