To the editor: My spouse and I (now each in our 80s) reluctantly joined Kaiser Permanente in 2014 (“Tens of 1000’s of Kaiser Permanente healthcare staff launch five-day strike,” Oct. 14). Our objective was to cut back medical prices to be able to help with the financing of our granddaughters’ school training. Having had PPO and concierge Medicare protection for the remainder of our grownup lives earlier than this, we have been suspicious of the care we might obtain at Kaiser.
We couldn’t have been extra flawed. The care we’ve obtained from each stage of Kaiser personnel has been superior, from medical doctors to nurses to workers. The built-in care supplied by Kaiser has been well timed, skilled and of the very best high quality, all at an affordable price.
We hand the workers member a Kaiser card and we get care. There may be hardly ever a copay, and if there’s one, it’s minimal. All of the medical doctors have entry to all of our medical historical past and medicines. Built-in care means simply that: There’s a crew strategy with analysis and monitoring that leads to the very best normal of care.
Kaiser healthcare staff positively deserve applicable remuneration for the essential jobs they accomplish that effectively. Understandably, Kaiser is making an attempt to mitigate rising prices whereas nonetheless offering first-rate medical care. Each side deserve respect from the opposite. Let’s hope the problems ensuing within the present strike are resolved as rapidly and pretty as potential.
Dave Sanderson, La Cañada Flintridge
