Bram Sable-Smith I got a hurried voicemail from my pharmacist in Wisconsin the day before Thanksgiving letting me know my insurance was refusing to cover my insulin. I had enough of the hormone that keeps me alive to last 17 days. In my 10 years living with Type 1 diabetes, I’ve never really struggled to…
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A hospital in northeastern Wisconsin has lost a court battle to keep health care staff who want to work elsewhere. On Monday, Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Mark McGinnis held a hearing on a case that involves staff who were part of ThedaCare’s radiology and cardiovascular team, deciding the employer can’t force workers who had…
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Nebraska senators are introducing legislation to address struggling aspects of the state’s health care industry.Four bills from four senators would pay bonuses to nurses and create recruiting incentives, full-time jobs, and innovation. The Nebraska Hospital Association described the following legislation, set for introduction this week:”Senator Mike McDonnell (District 5, Omaha) will be introducing the Front…
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Healthcare workers at at their breaking point. Source: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels Back in December 2020, I wrote an article on Psychology Today about receiving my first COVID-19 vaccine while working on the frontlines of the pandemic. I was hopeful that the vaccination would be the beginning of the end. I could overcome the tiny thrill of…
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Kaiser Permanente therapists strike on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, demand it be a paid holiday Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals in Oakland picketed on Monday and held a day-long strike in protest of the organization delaying the plan to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday for all employees. KTVU’s Emma…
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Health care workers at local hospitals are saying that as more COVID-19 patients continue to flood into their intensive care units and emergency rooms, it’s becoming increasingly harder for staff to continue on like they have for the past two years. The Argus Leader spoke to care providers at Avera Health and Sanford Health in…
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Hochul said in her State of the State address last week that she intends to put $10 billion over multiple years toward bolstering the health care workforce. But it’s still unclear how exactly that money will be allocated. A separate bill to raise the minimum wage for all home care workers, as a means of…
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The Colorado chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians is asking state leaders for help. COLORADO, USA — Doctors in Colorado say the current state of hospitals is nothing like they have seen before. The state’s chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) sent a letter last week to Gov. Jared Polis’…
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