October 17, 2023

Read this story in English. Hace tres años, los líderes de California aprobaron una legislación que prometía la expansión más espectacular de la cobertura de atención de salud mental y adicciones en décadas.  Mientras los residentes del estado luchaban contra el estrés y el trauma de una pandemia devastadora y una temporada récord de incendios forestales, los […]

Read this story in English. Los trabajadores de la salud, hartos de los bajos salarios, el agotamiento y la falta de personal, abandonaron Kaiser Permanente dos veces en 12 meses, interrumpiendo la atención y obligando al gigante de la salud a contratar miles de trabajadores temporales. Los sindicatos obreros de la compañía avisaron a Kaiser […]

A 2020 California law expanded the number of mental health conditions that insurers must cover. Now, lawmakers are reviewing whether the law is working as intended.

Unions at Kaiser Permanente put pressure on the health care giant to raise pay and address what they called understaffing during two strikes over the past year. The results reflected labor’s power in California.

From CalMatters politics reporter Yue Stella Yu:  There is no shortage of political wealth in California — and certainly not in the 2024 U.S. Senate race. With less than five months until the March 5 primary, the five top Democrats and Republicans have collectively raised roughly $50 million — more than the $40 million the […]

Newsom, one of California's most liberal governors, rejected many bills favored by the left, giving progressives a handful of victories.