Following over a month of strikes and rejected contract negotiations, members of United Public Workers (UPW) at Kaiser’s Maui Health System remain on strike. On Feb. 22nd, about 500 nurses aides, respiratory therapists, housekeepers, cooks, and other hospital staff at three Maui facilities walked out and began picketing. Workers are calling for higher pay and … Read more
For more than 2 decades, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) has produced an invaluable annual survey of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). This year’s report, which the authors summarized in a companion article published in Health Affairs, provides insights into key characteristics of the insurance model that most working-age Americans and their families rely on to access … Read more
We are well underway with our agenda development for the upcoming 2022 Los Angeles State of Reform Health Policy Conference on Sept. 22nd! If you haven’t already done so, you can take a look at the Topical Agenda to see the conversations we have lined up. You can register here if you haven’t already—we’d be thrilled to see you there! We’re … Read more
Gov. Newsom signed the finalized $308 billion FY 22-23 state budget last week, officially allocating funding to increase access to abortion services, establish an Office of Health Care Affordability, expand Medi-Cal coverage to all undocumented Californians, and more. We cover a couple of the budget’s provisions below, along with recent bill movement in the legislature and insight on how … Read more
Our second newsletter for the month of November, 2021, features a breakdown of federal health policy developments from columnist James Capretta, our recent “5 Slides We’re Watching” conversation on gene therapy and rare diseases, and insight on addressing the youth behavioral health crisis. As always, Thanks for reading our stuff! Eli Kirshbaum State of … Read more