[Kaiser's PR statement about halfway through this article is interesting, as usual, because of what it doesn't say. They only stopped illegally rescinding policies in 2006 because they were caught and fined for it. The DMHC is now conducting a more in depth investigation that will reveal the illegal practice for what it is: [...]

Update 7/27/07: This post has been up long enough to make its point, so we’re shortening all of the last names to initials.
Update 2/27/07: A little bird tells us there’s a full-fledged witch hunt going on inside KP HealthConnect in response to this post. It’s being reported that Vijaya Rogers has been running around [...]

(AP) SACRAMENTO Thirteen former Kaiser Permanente custodians in Sacramento have sued the health care giant alleging racial discrimination.
The lawsuit claims that the September 2005 terminations of 12 blacks and a Fijian-Indian over timecard violations were racially motivated. It also alleges that preferential treatment was given to white employees for scheduling vacations or taking sick leave.
Kaiser [...]

From a former Kaiser IT employee:
I was employed by Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek California in the Information Technology Department.
During my employment there I developed a comfortable working relationship with a Kaiser programmer. She confessed that Kaiser had an official senior management policy against the hiring of any Hispanics in the Information Technology department.
Intrigued, I [...]

[editor: The following email from a former Kaiser Permanente Northwest employee who suffered racial discrimination in her position at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, was received by us quite some time ago, but somehow got lost in our inbox. Our apologies to Ms. Bell. In other news, the [...]