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☆ Minnesota unions plan to wage simultaneous strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Nearly 10,000 workers from a coalition of separate unions, working for a diverse group of employers, are planning a series of coordinated strikes in Minnesota this week and next. These kind of collective strikes are common and somewhat easier in Europe, where union membership is more widespread and unions can strike in support of other unions, even if their own contracts have expired. He’s gone on strike twice before, but those were both one-day strikes that he and the union knew would be over quickly. The fact that multiple unions plan to strike together in Minnesota is giving members more confidence, according to Jamie Gully, president of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa. He said he hopes that if these negotiations prove successful, unions elsewhere in the country will use the same strategy.

Persons: Paul, ”, AJ Lange, Greg Nammacher, George Mullins, “, He’s, “ I’m, Mullins, Jamie Gully, Stellantis Organizations: New, New York CNN, Union, ’ International Union of North America, City, SEIU Local, Target, CNN, Labor Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, SEIU Healthcare, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford Locations: New York, Minnesota, St, Minneapolis, Europe, America, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, Iowa

(AP) — Indiana's attorney general violated professional conduct rules in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, according to a court opinion filed Thursday. At the time, Ohio law prohibited abortions after six weeks of pregnancy but the girl could still be provided a legal abortion in Indiana. The opinion specifically faulted Rokita for describing Bernard on the show as an “abortion activist acting as a doctor — with a history of failing to report" instances of abuse. In his statement, Rokita said he signed an affidavit to bring the proceedings to a close and to “save a lot of taxpayer money and distraction." Within weeks of Bernard's July 2022 interview about providing the abortion, Indiana became the first state to approve abortion restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional protections.

Persons: —, Roe, Wade, Caitlin Bernard, Todd Rokita, Bernard, Rokita, ”, “, Gerson Fuentes Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Indianapolis Star, The Indiana, Republican, Fox News, Rokita, Associated Press, Indiana University Health Locations: INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Ohio, Indiana, Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's attorney general has sued the state's largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. Rokita, a Republican, is stridently anti-abortion and Indiana was the first state to approve abortion restrictions after the court's decision. “Rather than protecting the patient, the hospital chose to protect the doctor, and itself.”The lawsuit named Indiana University Health and IU Healthcare Associates. It alleged the hospital system violated HIPPA, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and a state law for not protecting the patient’s information. Hospital system officials have argued that Bernard didn’t violate privacy laws.

Persons: —, Todd Rokita’s, Caitlin Bernard, Roe, Wade, “, Bernard, Bernard didn’t, ” Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, U.S, Supreme, Republican, Indiana University Health, IU Healthcare Associates, Insurance, Indiana Attorney, IU Health Locations: Ohio, Indiana, Indianapolis

☆ Medicare will allow pharmaceutical companies to publicly discuss drug price negotiations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Medicare on Friday said it will allow pharmaceutical companies to publicly discuss the program's historic drug price negotiations, dropping a confidentiality requirement that the industry argued violated the First Amendment in lawsuits filed this month. It also required companies to destroy any information within 30 days if the drug is no longer selected for negotiations. The Inflation Reduction Act, passed last year, empowered Medicare to directly negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over prices for the first time. "Pharmaceutical companies have made record profits for decades," Becerra said in a statement. "Now they're lining up to block this Administration's work to negotiate for better drug prices for our families.

Persons: Kathy Hochuls, Biden, Bristol Myers Squibb, Xavier Becerra, Becerra Organizations: Medicare, U.S . Merck, U.S . Chamber of Commerce, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pharmaceutical Research, Manufacturers, America, Merck, Bristol, U.S . Constitution, Health, Human Services, Pharmaceutical Locations: U.S, U.S .

☆ Millions will start losing Medicaid coverage as Covid safety net is dismantled
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Congress basically barred states from terminating Medicaid coverage during the pandemic through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Congress slipped a provision in federal spending legislation in December that allows states to start disenrolling people on April 1. Although some states will start terminating coverage in April, others are waiting until May, June, July and October before they do so. A list of when all 50 states will start ending coverage is below. Click here for a list of when states will have their first round Medicaid coverage terminations.

☆ Thousands of nurses at Minnesota hospitals launch strike seeking wage increases of 30%
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-12 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday, complaining of low salaries and understaffing worsened by the strains of the coronavirus pandemic. Minnesota Nurses Association president Mary Turner said pay raises are necessary to address the “crisis of retention” that would otherwise leave the hospitals severely understaffed. Nurses picket Monday outside North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn. David Joles / Star Tribune via APThe hospitals have offered 10-12% wage increases but the nurses are seeking more than 30%. The hospitals affected by the strike included those operated by Allina Health, M Health Fairview, Children’s Hospital, North Memorial and HealthPartners. The Minnesota nurses’ strike comes amid an upsurge in union activity nationwide.

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