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[justaprogressive]

(I'm not on X so this is from my email)

"At a time when health care professionals are burnt out after the pandemic and there are severe staffing shortages in the profession, now is the time to provide better pay and working conditions in order to attract more health care professionals into the field and retain those who are already there.

That would result in better health care outcomes for everyone.

A win-win.

But that would impact Kaiser’s bottom line, and therein lies the rub. After all, the business establishment in this country is really not particularly concerned about the well-being of their workers or the quality of health care outcomes.

They are, however, deeply concerned about profit margins, stockholder dividends and CEO compensation.

And the question we should be asking is: how is it that Kaiser – which just reported $2.1 billion in net income during the second quarter of 2023 alone – cannot afford to pay their employees better wages?

How is it that Kaiser – which pays its CEO more than $15 million and gave its former CEO a retirement package of $35 million – can't afford better staffing ratios to improve worker well-being and patient care? "

~Senator Bernie Sanders

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