mental health
Kaiser mental health clinicians to start open-ended strike Aug. 15
August 12, 2022“As clinicians, we have made proposal after proposal to Kaiser for greater investment in timely care for patients, and Kaiser has rejected all of them. Now, we have no other option but to strike.”
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Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians say California patients still being denied timely care
July 5, 2022State Sen. Scott Weiner: “You can’t give someone a first appointment and then make them wait two or three months for their second and subsequent appointments, because that completely undermines effective mental health treatment.”
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Connecticut mental health care workers strike over quality patient care
April 28, 2022They raise these concerns, which they say are connected to their fight for better working conditions and wages.
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Privatizing mental health care in Michigan
March 16, 2022Bills are making their way through the legislature that claim to streamline care, but critics say they aim to privatize mental health.
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Mental health crisis worsens in Michigan and everywhere, but policies ignore real problems
February 7, 2022Only focusing on access and not availability or affordability plays into the idea that, in order for us to be healthy, we must have the time and money to spend on “self-care.”
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