November 1st, 2021
Therapist: Kaiser should be “ashamed” for long wait times, lack of equity in mental health care
The founder and lead clinician at Kaiser Permanente’s La Clínica, a program that serves Latinx residents in Richmond, California, criticized Kaiser for failing its mental health patients. “We have asked Kaiser again and again to invest in mental health services, and they refuse,” Dominguez said Friday, October 29 during an interview on Hecho in California, […]
November 1st, 2021
October 2021 PULSE
In October, NUHW members celebrated the passage of our mental health access bill, welcomed new members from two successful organizing drives, participated in a public hearing on Kaiser’s mental health care system, authorized strikes, and joined with community allies to keep coal from being transported through their community. Please read the stories below, and be […]
October 29th, 2021
Therapists blow the whistle on Kaiser Permanente
NUHW-represented mental health clinicians revealed the truth about Kaiser’s broken mental health system during a first-of-its-kind hearing before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Mission Local reported that Supervisors Dean Preston “seemed in disbelief” during the nearly-three hour hearing that Kaiser had no internal data showing how long patients were waiting for mental health therapy […]
October 28th, 2021
NUHW’s mental health bill signed into law
California took a giant step toward mental health parity in October when Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 221, NUHW’s legislation to reduce long waits for follow-up behavioral health care appointments. “This is an enormous victory that will save lives and support the recoveries of countless people in need,” NUHW President Sal Rosselli said. “It never […]
October 28th, 2021
Kaiser clinicians authorize strike in Northern California and Hawaii
Kaiser Permanente psychologists, therapists and social workers in Northern California and Hawaii voted overwhelmingly in October to authorize a strike in response to the HMO’s rejection of its proposals to improve access to mental health care. The NUHW-represented clinicians have not submitted a formal strike notice to Kaiser, and no strike date has been set. […]