Resident Physicians Turn To Strikes and Unions

Health Affairs' Michael Gerber and Jessica Bylander discuss the end of the strike by resident physicians at Elmhurst Hospital in New York City and the recent trend of unionization among health care workers, including resident physicians, plus other efforts to secure health care worker rights across the country. Submit to You're A Health Policy Wonk If... Contest (submissions will be taken through May 31, 2023). Join us for a Policy Spotlight on June 1 with Carrie Colla from CBO. Related Links:Minnesota Lawmakers Take Step to Mandate Nursing Home Wages (Modern Healthcare)'More Than Half of My Paycheck Goes To Rent': Young US Doctors Push To Unionize (The Guardian)Resident Doctors End Strike at Elmhurst Hospital (The New York Times)Nursing Home Workforce Standards (Minnesota)Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. With your support, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.