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Hmmm, we have the most expensive health care in the world and yet we cannot afford to pay a decent wage to the workers who provide it? Perhaps a for-profit health care system that allows administrators and share holders to reap all the profits at the expense of patients and workers is a bad thing. No, it's the ~~children~~ health care workers who are wrong.
We were hearing Kaiser providers complain of workloads at least 10 years ago. Sad to see nothing has changed. Not surprising in the least.
I can only hope that this actually does something.
Not to diminish your point but Kaiser is a non-profit.
Not saying that they deserve your sympathy because they don't.
More saying that non-profit healthcare is killing people too.
Having worked for a non-profit hospital in the past, ~~I can assure you that the term "non-profit" in this context does not mean what you think it means.~~
"Non-profit" hospitals go after profit every bit as aggressively as "for profit" hospitals, but depending on the legal structure are simply required to accept a certain number of non-paying patients (a requirement that is frequently overlooked and not enforced) and to roll the profits back into the enterprise, including massive C-suite salaries, instead of paying out dividends on shares.
EDITED because I misread the comment to which I was replying, oops
Oh you don't need to tell me that. I've worked in a non-profit hospital as well.
It's just as shitty and they use that "non-profit" spin to tell you that you should be okay with getting paid less...
FoR tHe PaTiEnTs
I misread your last sentence and replied to what I thought you said, lol. You could not be more right. Thanks for the correction.
I worked at a clinic that was "nonprofit" but couldn't pay a living wage to anyone who wasn't considered a big part of administration. iT director made 80k and the president of the company made 150k. The worst part is that everyone making bank had underlings doing their work for them. I know because I was one of those underlings
That's... how the corporate structure works. "Nonprofit" is just a label for tax purposes