Defending Bad Behavior
Project Veritas has caught a teachers union official claiming the union helped a teacher avoid punishment for having sex with a student. Furthermore, the official was more than willing to…
CA Medical Association, 65 Organizations, Oppose Flawed Dialysis Proposition
The California Medical Association, representing 43,000 California physicians, today announced its opposition to the deeply-flawed dialysis proposition. In a press release, CMA said: “For patients whose kidneys have failed, receiving…
DaVita still the Leader in Industry Five-Star Quality Rating System for 4th Year!
We’re excited to announce that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the new star ratings from the Five-Star Quality Rating System today. DaVita continues to be a…
SB 1156 Passed the Senate Health Committee!
Disappointing behavior… SB1156 passed out of Senate Health Committee yesterday. This is a bill that would restrict insurance options for Californians with kidney disease. UHW is celebrating… see text below.…
Union’s hardball tactics put dialysis patients in the crossfire
I’m a kidney doctor responsible for the care of more than 750 patients in the Bay Area with kidney failure. Many of my patients depend on dialysis treatments three times…
California union funds national campaign critical of dialysis quality
A $3.5 million national media campaign funded by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West launched on Feb. 5, featuring ads on national cable networks, consumer health websites, social…