Post by benson on May 29, 2022 11:18:55 GMT
Nurses are Standing Up to Profiteers and Demanding Universal Healthcare
In 2021, a Kaiser Permanente facility in Antioch, California decided that the best way to celebrate its National Nurses Week was with “encouragement stones” wrapped in paper bags.
The for-profit model left the American healthcare system ill-prepared for the pandemic. By engineering brittle supply chains and using “just-in-time” staffing models, hospitals faced shortages of personal protective equipment and staff when the crisis hit.
inequality.org/great-divide/nurses-standing-up-to-profiteers-demanding-universal-healthcare/
In 2021, a Kaiser Permanente facility in Antioch, California decided that the best way to celebrate its National Nurses Week was with “encouragement stones” wrapped in paper bags.
The for-profit model left the American healthcare system ill-prepared for the pandemic. By engineering brittle supply chains and using “just-in-time” staffing models, hospitals faced shortages of personal protective equipment and staff when the crisis hit.
inequality.org/great-divide/nurses-standing-up-to-profiteers-demanding-universal-healthcare/