Calif. Union Launches Radio Ads in Support of Ballot Measures Aimed at Addressing Hospital Costs
On Monday, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West launched a series of radio advertisements designed to attract support for two ballot initiatives aimed at addressing high hospital costs and executive salaries. The first ballot measure, called the Fair Health Care Pricing Act of 2014, would prohibit hospitals from charging more than 25% higher than the cost of providing care. The second measure, called the Charitable Hospital Executive Compensation Act of 2014, would cap not-for-profit hospital executives' annual compensation at $450,000.
- "Health Care Workers’ Radio Ads Assert High Hospital Costs, Executive Pay" (Glover, Sacramento Bee, 2/3).