TAKE ACTION TO STOP CARE RATIONING!

Demand that Kaiser share their crisis care guidelines and not discriminate!

 

Tuesday, Sept 8:

Join the Campaign launch at 1 pm and write a letter (physical letter AND/OR email)! (SDA, CANHR)

Wednesday, Sept 9:

Make and share a selfie and do social media! (Choice in Aging, Hand in Hand)

Thursday, Sept 10:

Look for guidelines on Kaiser website/portal and ask Kaiser why they’re not public (on social media, emails, calls)! (ILRC, CFILC & DREDF)

Friday, Sept 11:

Post a photo and/or video selfie! (No Body Is Disposable, Justice in Aging, Disability Justice League)

Campaign Details

 

CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW

Message to Kaiser:
  • Share your crisis care protocol!
  • Your crisis care protocol should follow the California state guidelines and not discriminate based on disability, age, race, size, and other factors.

 

Contact Kaiser

(sample email/letter text: bit.ly/CRHospitalLetter) to make sure they have good protocols that do NOT discriminate against disabled people, seniors, fat people, and people of color. 

  • “This is what happened to Michael Hickson (tinyurl.com/y3vs2r4h). Can this happen at your hospital?”
  • Ask how they will make sure that health providers don’t make treatment decisions based on perceived quality of life or perceived years of life remaining, and indirectly based on race and ethnicity. 
  • Ask them to confirm (by signing the statement below) that they are following state guidelines! 
  • Send an email, make a phone call, tweet at, post on facebook, etc. 
  • Use hashtags: #DontRationOurCare #NoBodyIsDisposable
  • Link to the pledge to include in tweets, emails, posts: bit.ly/HOSPITALPLEDGE
  • Please note: this pledge is designed to be signed by hospitals/hospital administrators, rather than us as advocates

 

Statement

(Sign here: https://bit.ly/HOSPITALPLEDGE)

Our hospital is aware of and fully in compliance with the California Crisis Care Guidelines (June 2020). Healthcare decisions, including allocation of scarce resources, cannot be based on age, race, disability (including weight-related disabilities and chronic medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity (including national origin and language spoken), ability to pay, weight/size, socioeconomic status, insurance status, perceived self-worth, perceived quality of life, immigration status, incarceration status, homelessness, or past or future use of resources.

 

CONTACTS

(Please post, tweet, email, call, using the message above asking them to commit not to discriminate)

Tom Hanenburg, Interim Regional President, Northern California, tom.hanenburg@kp.org

Kaiser Permanente Corporate Offices
1 Kaiser Plz, Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 271-5910

Kaiser: @aboutKP

Greg Adams, Chairman and CEO (national), gregory.a.adams@kp.org 

Bechara Choucair, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Health Officer @choucair on twitter

For other regions/leaders: https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/who-we-are/leadership-team/regional-leaders

 

SAMPLE POSTS/TWEETS

Sample Facebook Post

Kaiser Permanente – What are your crisis guidelines? We need to know! We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, Black/brown/all people of color, and higher weight people not getting treatment during COVID-19. @aboutKP @KPOCThrive @KPSCALnews @KPMemberService @KPSanFrancisco @kpeastbayarea @JMillerPhipps #DontRationOurCare #NoBodyIsDisposable https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2020/07/14/covid-19-health-rationing-what-you-need-to-know/#4b8638f03c74

Sample Tweets — Tag Kaiser in your tweets!
  • Hey @aboutKP, I’m calling on you to ask what are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, Black/brown/all people of color, and higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. We need to know! https://tinyurl.com/y5grnqa5 #DontRationOurCare
  • COVID infections are on the rise and hospital protocols turn away visitors. Check out this Know Your Rights guide to learn how to help advocate for yourself: https://tinyurl.com/ya5up4pt #NoBodyIsDisposable #DontRationOurCare
  • As the pandemic continues, we are still seeing instances of discriminatory care rationing happening in health facilities. Learn about why that’s a problem: https://tinyurl.com/yxecvtga #DontRationOurCare #NoBodyisDisposable
  • Michael Hickson, a 46-year-old father of 5, died because of care rationing; he was deemed to have “no quality of life” because he was quadriplegic. His death was a tragedy, and we must prevent others like it. https://tinyurl.com/y3vs2r4h #NoBodyisDisposable #DontRationOurCare
  • Ageism is happening everywhere, and is especially prevalent in our nation’s medical facilities during times of COVID. Learn about care rationing and why it’s harmful to older adults and other vulnerable populations: https://tinyurl.com/y6b5xcnn #DontRationOurCare

 

Hashtags to use:

#DontRationMyCare

#NoBodyIsDisposable

 

Choice in Aging #DontRationOurCare Graphics are HERE

 

ARTICLES TO SHARE

(Please use #DontRationOurCare and #NoBodyIsDisposable)

 

Information for Other Hospitals / Other Resources

California Hospital Association
Phone: (916) 443-7401
Twitter: @CalHospitals
Facebook: @CalHospital

Sutter Health
Find your local hospital: https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-location/all/hospitals
Sarah Krevans, President and CEO, krevanss@sutterhealth.org, @SarahKrevans, @SutterHealth

Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center: What are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, Black/brown/all people of color, and higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. We need to know! @WarrenBrownerMD @SarahKrevans Sutter Health #DontRationOurCare #NoBodyIsDisposable https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2020/07/14/covid-19-health-rationing-what-you-need-to-know/#4b8638f03c74

CPMC: Warren Browner, MD, MPH @BrownerMD (twitter)

Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West)
Lloyd Dean, CEO, @LloydHDean (twitter)
@dignityhealth on facebook

St. Mary’s: David Klein, MD, MBA, President and CEO of Dignity Health, St. Mary’s Medical Center,

SF General @UCSF (twitter)
Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD, Vice Dean
Phone: 628-206-8145
Email: Sue.Carlisle@ucsf.edu

UCSF 
Josh Adler, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine
Phone: 415-353-2733
Email: Joshua.Adler@ucsf.edu
@UCSFHospitals (twitter)

UCLA
John C. Mazziotta, MD, PhD
Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences, CEO of UCLA Health
Phone: (310) 794-1195
jmazziotta@mednet.ucla.edu
@UCLAHealth (twitter)

UC Davis Med Center

Other local hospitals, i.e. Chinese Hospital in San Francisco

See the Know Your Rights Guide: https://nobodyisdisposable.org/know-your-rights/, created by the #NoBodyIsDisposable Coalition. This includes links under More Resources – Yhttps://nobodyisdisposable.org/know-your-rights/#resources to sibling Know Your Rights guides from DREDF, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and Vision, Change, Win. COVID infections are on the rise and hospital protocols turn away visitors. We’re hearing from people that these guides are essential when we need to advocate for ourselves. And they help us advocate when our loved ones have the right to support under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

 

  • Hey @CalHospitals, I’m calling on you to ask what are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, black/brown/all people of color, and higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. We need to know! https://tinyurl.com/y5grnqa5 #DontRationOurCare
  • Hey @SarahKrevans @SutterHealth I’m calling on you to ask what are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, black/brown/all people of color, & higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. https://tinyurl.com/y5grnqa5 #DontRationOurCare
  • Hey @LloydHDean @DignityHealth I’m calling on you to ask what are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, black/brown/all people of color, & higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. https://tinyurl.com/y5grnqa5 #NoBodyisDisposable
  • Hey @UCSF I’m calling on you to ask what are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, black/brown/all people of color, & higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. https://tinyurl.com/y5grnqa5 #NoBodyisDisposable #DontRationOurCare
  • Hey @UCSFHospitals I’m calling on you to ask what are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, black/brown/all people of color, & higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. https://tinyurl.com/y5grnqa5 #DontRationOurCare
  • Hey @UCLAHealth I’m calling on you to ask what are your crisis guidelines? We have reason to worry about seniors, disabled people, black/brown/all people of color, & higher weight people not getting COVID treatment. https://tinyurl.com/y5grnqa5 #DontRationOurCare