December 1st, 2014
L.A. Times: Kaiser criticized over mental healthcare staffing
Click here to read the Los Angeles Times’ November 27 story on the Kaiser mental health care crisis. “This is about greed,” said attorney Kathryn Trepinski. “They’re dodging their obligation with their sick members, just when they need it most.”
November 21st, 2014
Kaiser clinicians threaten to strike
Click here to read Katherine Proctor’s Courthouse News coverage of NUHW’s November 20, 2014, press conference.
November 21st, 2014
Kaiser mental health clinicians authorize strike
Click here to listen to the California Report’s preview of NUHW’s November 20, 2014, press conference. The California Report is produced by KQED of San Francisco and is broadcast on sixty-five public radio stations throughout the state. Click here to read KQED’s written report, published at KQED.org.
November 21st, 2014
Sal Rosselli’s statement on Kaiser’s mental health care crisis
Kaiser Permanente is failing its mental health patients. Kaiser simply does not staff its mental health services with enough psychologists, therapists, and social workers to handle the caseload. And that caseload is growing rapidly under the Affordable Care Act and the Medi-Cal carve-in. Understaffing has forced patients to endure lengthy, illegal waits for appointments, and […]
November 18th, 2014
Andy Weisskoff’s new blog investigates possible Medicare fraud at Kaiser
I’m halfway through my second round of blogging for 90daystochange.com. Now that I no longer work for Kaiser, it’s both easier and trickier to hold the monolithic HMO accountable for how poorly they treat people with mental illness. It’s easier because I’m not experiencing the everyday tension that came from implementing tier after tier of confrontation. […]