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Month: October 2023

A contract for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US health care strike could start Wednesday

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday. The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, which has workers at hundreds of

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Nebraska is imposing a 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming medications

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press New regulations in Nebraska require trans youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait seven days to start puberty blocking medications or hormone treatments. The Department of Health and Human Services announced Sunday that Republican Gov. Jim Pillen had signed off on the emergency regulations. The new rules also require transgender youth

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