Leaders of the Reaves center and another Jackson-run clinic — the Dr. Rafael A. Peñalver Clinic in Little Havana — complain that in its financial distress, Jackson has damaged primary care for the poor by cutbacks, elimination of pharmacy services and dental care, and forcing uninsured patients to go to Jackson Memorial to register for discount services before returning to the clinics for treatment. Jackson has also raised fees the poor must pay out of their own pockets for their care.
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Public opposes HGT recommendations at Commissioner Sally Heyman’s Townhall Meeting
Community members packed a Jackson North auditorium to hear about the Hospital Governance Taskforce’s recommendation to privatize Jackson during an Aug. 3rd townhall meeting hosted by Commissioner Sally Heyman. Nearly all spoke out against the taskforce’s recommendations.
Members Speak Out to Support Jackson at Commissioner Edmonson’s Townhall Meeting
Several Local 1991 members attended a townhall meeting hosted by Commissioner Audrey Edmonson at Joseph Caleb Center on July 28th.
Attending Physicians Begin Contract Negotiations with Management
On Monday, July 18th, the Attending Physicians entered into contract negotiations. The proposed changes and concessions to the contract are similar to what management has proposed for the RNs, and will likely also propose to the Professionals.
Let’s Stop the Move to Rip Apart Jackson!
Wearing purple “Save Jackson” t-shirts, about 60 community members and Jackson healthcare workers packed County commission chambers on Tuesday, June 14th for a Public Safety & Healthcare Administration committee meeting to speak out against a report recommending privatizing Jackson and a resolution reducing oversight of the new JHS Financial Recovery Board.
Jackson Loses Penalver Clinic Contract
Primary care is the most affordable way to deliver healthcare and all experts agree that in order to survive and thrive, all healthcare systems, whether public or private, should be shifting to the strategy.
Commissioner Javier Souto: “There’s Always Going to Be People Trying to Get Control of Jackson.”
At the June 14th Public Safety & Healthcare Administration committee meeting, Hospital Governance Task Force (HGT) Chairman Juan Zapata presented the final report of the task force, which is comprised of CEOs of most of Jackson’s competitors in the South Florida marketplace and President Martha Baker, RN. Baker attached a dissenting opinion to the HGT reportContinue reading “Commissioner Javier Souto: “There’s Always Going to Be People Trying to Get Control of Jackson.””