With a clinically abysmal mental health care record, the hospital giant has dug in at the bargaining table.
In areas like California’s rural Shasta County, school campuses may be the most effective places to care for children’s mental health needs, and such care will now be covered by insurance.
A letter signed by a majority of both houses calls on the health care giant to accept proposals from 2,400 striking mental health care workers.
A union complaint filed with California regulators says a leaked internal memo shows Kaiser intended to break its own rules and state law, leaving patients without care during the ongoing strike.