Friday, October 28, 2022

California November 2022 Ballot - Prop 29

Proposition 29 is the third time this type of measure has been put on the ballot. It ostensibly will promote added levels of safety at dialysis centers throughout California. Ostensibly. It would mandate that a physician, physician assistant or nurse-practitioner be on-site at dialysis centers. If it sounds familiar, that is because voters rejected the same idea in 2018 and 2020. So why is on the ballot for a third time? Becase SEIU-UHW is behind it.

Who is SEIU-UHW? A union of healthcare workers. This ballot initiative would increase the cost of patients with kidney problems receiving life-saving dialysis. The aforementioned healthcare professionals would not be providing patient-care at these centers. This is all about providing more jobs for members of this union. The union has spent nearly $8 million in support of this iniative that will do NOTHING to improve patient safety at dialysis centers.

The Los Angeles Times editorial board is very liberal. The Wall Street Journal editorial board is very conservative. Both boards wrote editorials opposing this proposition. The fact that both of these "newspapers" are against Prop 29 speaks volumes about how bad it is.

I am voting no on Prop 29.