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The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

‘Patients are getting ripped off’: California’s mental health workers go on strike

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, 15 August 2022.
Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, 15 August 2022. Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP

Thousands of mental health workers in California are going on strike to demand that Kaiser Permanente, America’s largest non-profit HMO, better provide “desperately needed” services.

As the US grapples with an increase in anxiety and depression brought on by the pandemic, Kaiser patients are waiting months for therapy sessions, according to the union representing the workers.

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