Universal health care: California tries again
March 6, 2021
“A single-payer health system represents the belief that health care is truly a human right. Our current system results in unjust outcomes and these inequities are underscored especially now, exacerbating economic downturns for working families who have lost their income and meaningful access to health care.” – Assemblymember Ash Kalra, co-sponsor of AB 1400 along with the California Nurses Association (CNA).
by Barry Hermanson
California Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, and joint authors, Assemblymembers Alex Lee, D-San Jose, and Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, introduced Assembly Bill 1400 on Feb. 19.
AB 1400 would guarantee comprehensive, high-quality health care for all Californians as a human right, leading the nation in the larger fight for health care justice. The principal coauthors of AB 1400 are Assemblymembers David Chiu, D-San Francisco, and Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, Sens. Lena A. Gonzalez, D-Lo
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California hospitals given leeway to use ‘last resort’ staffing waivers, analysis shows
There are more than 460,000 licensed nurses in California. Nurses have played a crucial role in caring for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic Author: Jill Castellano | inewsource and Tarryn Mento | KPBS Published: 3:58 PM PST March 4, 2021 Updated: 5:08 PM PST March 9, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Nurse George Santiago performed CPR on a patient at Palomar Medical Center Escondido. The man, hooked to a ventilator, didn’t survive.
“I’m picturing myself as if this is my family member and there is nothing I can do,” Santiago said. “The desperation, the hopelessness. That’s what kind of kills you.”
Burton White, of Tigard, a retired union official, labor educator, and mediator, passed away Feb. 14 of complications following a stroke. He was 90.
White was director of labor relations for the Oregon Nurses Association from 1979 to 1985. Prior to that, from 1969-75, he was director of economic and general welfare for the California Nurses Association.
He started working as an arbitrator and mediator in 1988. He was the first executive director of Partners in Construction Cooperation (PICC), a “cooperation committee” in the construction industry that included workers, contractors, financiers, and designers. Its first project in 1988 was the Powell Valley Retirement Center in Gresham.
Who is Xavier Becerra? What his California record reveals about Biden’s top health pick
Ben Christopher
CalMatters
If you know one thing about California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s career, it’s that he spent a lot of it suing then-President Donald Trump. For those keeping score (we were), Becerra took the Trump administration to court a whopping 110 times, making him a speartip of the anti-Trump resistance.
On Tuesday, the national spotlight on him is sure to grow even hotter, as the U.S. Senate begins hearings on whether to confirm his nomination by President Joe Biden to head the sprawling Health and Human Services Department. It’s an important job, even when the nation isn’t struggling to overcome a dual pandemic and recession.