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California Nurses Association: Represents more than 100,000 RNs. Helped win state's #SafeStaffing ratios law. Executive Director is @NNUBonnie.
Apr 4, 2023 9 tweets 4 min read
You may have heard that there are currently two different #SinglePayer bills being considered in the California legislature — so what's the difference between the two?

Nurses break it down.👇🧵 (1/9) Union nurses champion #AB1690, which sets in motion a single-payer health care coverage system for all residents in the state called #CalCare.

CalCare will guarantee quality health care and long-term care without creating barriers to care or out-of-pocket costs! (2/9)
Jan 8, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
Today — in the midst of record-breaking numbers of #Omicron cases — @CAPublicHealth has announced dangerous new protocol for asymptomatic health care workers who have tested positive for Covid-19 or been exposed.

@GavinNewsom: We want to protect our patients, not infect them! Starting today, health care workers who test positive and are asymptomatic will be sent back to work IMMEDIATELY without isolation and without testing.

Those who have been exposed and are asymptomatic may return to work immediately without quarantine and without testing.