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Kaiser Permanente’s Prominent Role in American Health Care Deform

June 26th, 2007 at 2:37 pm » Comments (9)

The impending release of Michael Moore’s scathing indictment of the US Health Care industry, ‘SiCKO’ — which features one Kaiser Permanente scandal after another — has the Kaiser PR goons working overtime. With their usual intent to baffle, befuddle and bamboozle, they would like to convince you to disbelieve what you see and hear [...]



Sicko trailer coming to a building near you

June 25th, 2007 at 10:39 am » Comments (0)

[By now everyone has heard that Kaiser Permanente has a starring role in Michael Moore's 'Sicko', from the infamous Nixon Tapes ("...the less care they give them, the more money they make"), to denial of care and patient dumping...it's all there.]
Michael Moore’s ‘SiCKO’ Trailer To Be Projected on Buildings Across the Country on Monday, June [...]



Can Phil Fasano save KP HealthConnect?

June 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 am » Comments (16)

[kaiserthrive.org editor's note: Probably the biggest misconception about Kaiser critics in general, and this web site in particular, is the belief that we have the unrealistic goal to "bring Kaiser down" (typical accusation from the occasional hate mail we receive). That couldn't be further from the truth. Our only purpose is, and always has [...]



Server issues

June 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am » Comments (0)

Our server was down most of the day Friday, June 22nd, and as a result some of our incoming email bounced back.
We’re requesting that anyone who attempted to send us an email on Friday please try again.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Admin



Fines expected in DMHC investigation into Kaiser’s handling of consumer complaints

June 15th, 2007 at 7:36 pm » Comments (9)

[kaiserthrive.org editor's note: Hallelujah, regulators have finally seen the light! Too bad Kaiser will respond with another useless 'plan of correction', with no real intentions of actually following through with it.]
From San Francisco Business Times:
DMHC probe of Kaiser delayed, fines expected
by Chris Rauber
An investigation of Kaiser Permanente by the state Department of Managed Health [...]



Numerous failures in Kaiser pharmacy lead to infant death, federal report finds

June 9th, 2007 at 4:41 pm » Comments (8)

From KGO TV:
Federal Report On Kaiser Infant Death
By Karina Rusk
Jun. 8 - KGO - ABC7 News has obtained the federal report on a tragic infant death at Kaiser Santa Clara. We were the first to report on the tragic death earlier this year.
The 19-page report focuses on an infant death in February caused by medical [...]