“Kaiser has a role to play in all of this and I believe it has been failing its duties for many years,” HillaryRonen said.
Supervisor Hillary Ronen is calling for a hearing before the Board of Supervisors next week to probe the now six-week-long strike. The meeting will call on Kaiser officials to explain issues around providing timely mental health care and how to end the strike, which has exacerbated pre-existing challenges with accessing timely mental health treatment.
But access to therapy and mental health clinicians has become even more strained in recent weeks, as nearly 2,000 Kaiser mental health clinicians have been striking since Aug. 15 in front of its hospitals and health facilities around the state, including in San Francisco. “Kaiser lies like an entitled bully who doesn’t think it needs to follow the law or adhere to established standards of care,” said Jeffrey Chen-Harding, a licensed clinical social worker for Kaiser in San Francisco. “We’re standing up to Kaiser with this strike and we’re standing up for patients who have been denied adequate mental health care for far too long.”
In 2019, Ronen authored local legislation aimed at reforming San Francisco's mental health system, dubbed Mental Health SF. She said she was concerned that people with insurance will turn to the public sector and overwhelm safety nets prioritized for marginalized groups, when private actors can’t provide timely care.
The plan also initially envisioned creating an Office of Private Insurance Accountability, which would collect data on private health care options in The City and advocate for insured people who struggle to access health services they are entitled to.
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