Managed care companies have come under sharp criticism from patients and health workers for denying care, cutting corners and then posting big profits. Now one New York-based trade union is offering an alternative to HMO’s.
GUEST:
DENNIS RIVERA, the president of 1199, the National Health and Human Services Employees Union, which represents 120,000 health care workers in New York State.
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As the Senate begins its debate on the immigration reform bill, we speak to Shena Gutierrez, whose husband was nearly killed in an encounter with Border Patrol agents. While still unconscious in the hospital, he was threatened with deportation. She explains what happened. [includes rush transcript]
