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85,000 healthcare workers are voting to authorize a strike. If they do, it will be the largest healthcare strike the nation has ever seen. (www.businessinsider.com)
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/1800056

The union strike would impact dozens of Kaiser Permanente facilities across seven states and Washington, DC, affecting millions of patients.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The CEO of Kaiser died at age 59. Let that sink in.

[–] timespace 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. But what does that have to do with a healthcare strike happening now?
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kaiser is a badly run healthcare agency that pinches its pennies so tightly its CEO died young of a cardiovascular condition

[–] timespace 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s quite a leap. What evidence do you have to support such a statement?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know whether to applaud or cry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same. Good for these workers, but private health insurance shouldn't exist in the first place.