Perspective: This is could be portrayed as the Democrats not delivering for the nurses union. Could significantly hurt voter turnout in November for Dems, and strengthen the more liberal wing of the party. This should be playing out in primaries this year.
OLYMPIA — A fierce legislative fight over staffing levels and worker protections in hospitals is over.
For now.
A bill that would have limited the number of patients assigned to a nurse and imposed hefty fines on hospitals that failed to comply with staffing plans died in a Senate committee earlier this week.
Nurses and health care workers, many physically and emotionally wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, pushed hard for House Bill 1868. They viewed it as crucial to improve job safety by addressing staffing shortages they say create dangerous conditions for themselves and patients.
https://usapp01.newsmemory.com/everettdailyherald/news/2022/03/04/bill-to-set-minimum-hospital-staffing-dies-in-state-senate/
This will be discussed at the next monthly meeting of the Citizens Healthcare Access, March 9th.
