Pending California Strikes
California hospital nurses to strike: 4 things to know
Nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., plan to strike on Nov. 19. Four things to know:
1. The nurses are members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, according to a Nov. 11 news release from the union.
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Kaiser mental health workers continue to strike across SoCal
Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are entering week four of their strike as progress has continued to stall at the bargaining table on both sides.
It’s been 22 days since nearly 2,400 NUHW workers began the strike. They are fighting for what their colleagues in Northern California received after their strike in 2022, which included more time outside of appointments and higher pay.
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2nd union plans strike at U of California
AFSCME Local 3299, a union representing University of California service and patient care workers, has scheduled a systemwide strike for Nov. 20 and 21.
The union represents about 26,000 healthcare workers and about 11,000 service workers across 10 UC campuses and five medical centers, a union spokesperson told Becker’s. This includes phlebotomists, infusionists, operating room specialists, respiratory therapists, patient care assistants, pharmacy technicians, lab technicians, custodians, shuttle drivers and food service workers.
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Kaiser Permanente posts $608M operating loss in Q3
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente posted a $608 million operating loss (-2.1% operating margin) in the third quarter of 2024, down from an operating income of $156 million (0.6% operating margin) in the same quarter last year, according to its Nov. 8 financial report.
Kaiser posted an operating revenue of $29 billion in the three months ended Sept. 30, up from $24.9 billion over the same period in 2023. The system reported operating expenses of $29.6 billion in the third quarter, up from $24.7 billion over the same period last year.
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Industry Updates
Collect Client Signatures for ACA and Medicare SOA Forms with CrankWheel
The CMS has made some parts of helping clients with their health insurance quite difficult for both
agents/brokers and their clients. There are good reasons for this, but have you ever wished you
had some tools to help make the process as easy as possible?
It is now possible to have your client review and e-sign either an ACA Marketplace consent or
attestation form, or a Medicare SOA (Scope of Appointment) form, while they are on the phone
with you, as part of a screen sharing session that you can launch to their mobile phone by sending a
simple text message. The forms are fully compliant with the latest CMS regulations.
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Workers generally happy with benefits but see room for improvement, according to study
Health insurance is most often mentioned as a top benefit when deciding whether to stay at a current job or leave (72%).
Just over 4 in 10 U.S. workers are extremely or very satisfied with their benefits packages, the 2024 EBRI/Greenwald Research Workplace Wellness Survey found. This percentage is in line with previous years of the survey.
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2024 Edition — California Health Insurers
California Health Insurers: 2024 Edition provides a snapshot of the insurance market in California at the end of 2022. Data from the state’s two insurance regulators, the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the California Department of Insurance (CDI), and other sources were used to examine market share, enrollment, financial performance, and consumer satisfaction.
Key Findings
- California health insurers had $241 billion in revenue in 2022, up from $222 billion in 2020.
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