September 11th, 2013
Sacramento Business Journal: “Union seeks to block Kaiser from health benefit exchange”
Read the original article here Kathy Robertson Senior Staff Writer- Sacramento Business Journal September 5, 2013 The National Union of Healthcare Workers filed a lawsuit against Covered California in Sacramento County Superior Court on Wednesday, seeking to block Kaiser Permanente from participating in California’s health benefit exchange due to substandard care that violates exchange rules. […]
September 11th, 2013
California Health Line: “Union Sues To Prevent Kaiser From Selling Plans Through Exchange”
Read the original article here September 6, 2013 On Wednesday, the National Union of Healthcare Workers filed a lawsuit to keep Kaiser Permanente from participating in the state health insurance exchange, the Sacramento Business Journal reports. The lawsuit comes after Kaiser in June was fined $4 million by the state Department of Managed Health Care […]
September 10th, 2013
NUHW Sues California’s “Obamacare” Exchange to Protect Patients from Kaiser Permanente’s Substandard Care
Sacramento—Today, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and five other plaintiffs filed suit in the Superior Court of Sacramento, California to block Kaiser Permanente from participating in California’s Health Benefit Exchange due to its substandard care that violates the Exchange’s rules. In June, the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) fined Kaiser $4 […]
September 10th, 2013
NUHW Sues California’s Healthcare Exchange to Protect Patients
Last week I joined with the National Union of Healthcare Workers and four other healthcare workers in filing suit in the Sacramento County Superior Court against the California Health Benefits Exchange because they approved of the inclusion of Kaiser Permanente as an option for people to choose when the “Obamacare” Exchange goes into effect later […]
September 2nd, 2013
To All NUHW Members and Supporters
We want to take this opportunity to extend our greetings to you on this Labor Day weekend. This is our 5th Labor Day since our members decided to take back their union and create a truly democratic and member-led organization! We’ve already made history and so much more is yet to come. Your efforts and […]