September 5, 2018
LawPhobia: How Kaiser Doctors’ Fear of Courtrooms Harm Their Patients In a time when many feel fortunate to have access to any healthcare, substandard health providers often escape the scornful eye they so richly deserve. At the top of this list of medical providers needing sunlight shone onto abhorrent, patient-harming practices is Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Permanente has a well-earned reputation […]
November 16, 2017
Your Silent Pay Cut: Wellstone’s Efforts to Restore Wage Fairness to Oregon Workers When a worker sustains an on-the-job injury, workers’ compensation benefits hopefully bridge the financial gap between the injury and getting back to work. Make no mistake though. Workers’ compensation benefits do not come close to replacing a full paycheck. Under Oregon law, workers receive just two-thirds of […]