This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At Highland, workers are once again standing up to improve work conditions, which in turn supports our patients. Highland has been in an...
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Highland and Kaiser have a lot of things in common – one of them being weird scheduling. You may work two days one week, then three the next....
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. A hospital is not made up of solely healthcare providers and patients. Hospitals function because of the vital responsibilities of all its workers:...
Last week in Texas, a Trump-appointed judge placed a nationwide ban on the use of the drug mifepristone, which is used in medication abortions. Over half of all abortions in the U.S. use oral medication, rather than a clinical procedure. The drugs used for...
During the pandemic, states were federally mandated to forgo the screening process of eligibility for Medicaid, the U.S. program that provides healthcare coverage for about 85 million people, including many low-income families, pregnant women, seniors, and people with...
