California Nurses Association

Remember Newsom’s 2022 Backroom Deal to Cut Out Competition and Force All of California into Kaiser?

March 18, 2025 8:26 amMarch 19, 2025 1:21 pm

Remember when Governor Gavin Newsom inked the backroom deal with Kaiser for statewide Medi-Cal health? He never learns, does he? Last week we learned that the cost of Newsom’s policy of giving free medical coverage to every illegal immigrant in...

Newsom Vetoes Hospital Seismic Safety Deadline Bill

September 13, 2024 4:35 pmSeptember 13, 2024 4:35 pm

A bill that would have extended a seismic safety deadline for hospital buildings and identify milestones to ensure that hospitals are on track to meet the new standards was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday following split votes on...

‘Let’s Make a Deal:’ Newsom Admin. Inks Backroom Deal With Kaiser for Statewide Medi-Cal Health

February 5, 2022 10:01 amFebruary 7, 2022 12:00 pm

Only days after California’s proposed Single Payer state-controlled health care bill failed to even get to a vote on the Assembly floor last week, a medical industry news website announced “California inks sweetheart deal with Kaiser Permanente, jeopardizing Medicaid reforms.”...

State-Controlled Health Care Bill Fails in California Assembly

January 31, 2022 4:59 pmJanuary 31, 2022 7:20 pm

Monday’s legislative deadline for passage of California’s proposed Single Payer state-controlled health care, Assembly Bill 1400, came and went. It did not make it to the finish line despite threats progressive activists made to moderate lawmakers. As Fox 40 reported...

$12,250 per Household Tax Increase for Gov. Newsom’s Single-Payer Healthcare System Proposal

January 12, 2022 9:55 am

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 was introduced last week in the California Legislature to enact significant tax increases to fund universal single-payer health care coverage in California, the Globe reported. Single payer is a universal state-run healthcare system financed by taxpayers,...

Assembly Rules Passes Single-Payer Health Care Bill Without Funding Source

January 6, 2022 4:05 pmJanuary 8, 2022 7:22 pm

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 was introduced Wednesday in the California Legislature to enact significant tax increases to fund universal single-payer health care coverage in California, the Globe reported. Thursday, Assembly Bill 1400, the “Guaranteed Health Care for All” state-run healthcare...

California Nurses Union Plans Holiday Strike Over PPE Shortage

December 17, 2020 2:12 pmDecember 17, 2020 2:30 pm

On December 14, 2020, nurses’ union SEIU Local 121RN, which represents nearly 2,000 workers across three hospitals in Southern California, threatened a 10-day strike, from December 24 to January 3. Union leadership claims the three hospitals “aggressively rationed personal protective...