In late August and early September, Kaiser workers in Colorado voted on whether to strike. Kaiser and the SEIU Local 105 union had been working toward an agreement as part of national negotiations with the coalition of Kaiser workers' unions that began in April, according to a Kaiser statement. Here's a look at what led to the strike, when it might end and how it might affect Coloradans' health care service. “This is a corporate campaign designed to leverage themselves better at the bargaining table,” said Nick Roper, a spokesperson for Kaiser Permanente Colorado. “Kaiser has strayed too far from its mission - instead of prioritizing quality patient care and the workers who help provide it, they have shifted their focus to maximizing profits for their executives,” said Patricia Johnson-Gibson, a health care vice president at Service Employees International Union Local 105, the union's Colorado branch.Ĭolorado workers voted to join a seven-day strike beginning Oct. 14, following what the union said is a lack of progress in talks.īut Kaiser Permanente Colorado argued that a strike isn't set in stone and that Kaiser's offer to employees includes “solid wage increases” and other benefits. I am thinking this is what socialized medicine is like.A few thousand Kaiser Permanente workers in Colorado may join tens of thousands nationwide in an October strike that a union says is a push for fair negotiation and wage increases that keep up with the cost of living. It didn’t seem to be this way when I first got my insurance, but since Obamacare has gone into effect something has changed. It appears to me that the doctors seem to have been told what to say and what to ask. I guess he really did need me to tell him. In all the years I have been treated for this illness I have never had a physician prescribe steroids in this manner. He told me he would prescribe low dose prednisone, 2 pills a day for a week. He never even bothered checking my nose or ears. I explained to him that I was having difficulty breathing, a lot of nasal drainage, equilibrium issues, headache, my ears hurt, and I had almost passed out earlier. I have suffered with severe asthma since I was 4 and I do know when it is time to go to the doctors. If I could have directed a course of treatment myself, I clearly wouldn’t have needed to wait on hold for 40 minutes today to get the appointment. Since my degree is in psychology I didn’t feel I was qualified to direct a course of treatment. The doctor I saw today also asked me what I thought would the best course of treatment for my asthma flare up. I have had 4 seperate doctors ask me during my appointment «so what do you expect to get out of this visit today»? Hmm let me think, I might like to feel better. The doctors themselves seem nice enough, but they seem somewhat scripted and don’t seem as knowledgeable as most of my previous physicians. These long hold times have happened to me on 5 occassions. First I have found that if you have to schedule a same day appointment, when calling in, the hold times I have experienced have been as long as 57 min. I have very mixed feelings on the quality of Healthcare that Kaiser offers. ![]() They should have a 24⁄ 7 customer service line to help with billing issues that is their error. Finally i hung up and tried to get a hold of the actual operator (good luck with that unless you hit 0 about ten times) who told me she couldn’t help me and ya the wait times are long, so sorry! So now I’ve been on hold, to speak with someone from billing (in total) for over an HOUR and A HALF which is outrageous and ridiculous. So i call in during their business hours, which is 8− 5pm (right when the rest of the world is at work too) cutting into my work time, and wait on hold for 45 MINUTES. They say that you need to call in and talk to billing specialist because no one else can help you. They took out my monthly premium TWICE by mistake this month - so they deducted over $ 1000 right when my mortgage was due. What a mistake - you get what you pay for. We went with Kaiser to save money because Cigna had become so expensive. Billing is a whole separate issue (higher up than just this facility as I believe they have no control over monthly premiums). The facility is pretty dirty looking and the long line to the pharmacy was crazy. We took my son to this location and although the staff is friendly enough, it feels like you are cattle being ushered from one place to the next. We are stuck using this company because we can’t afford the other insurance companies and we make too much for Obamacare. I have experienced a lot of doctors and a lot of insurance companies and Kaiser is the worst of all time.
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