LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Tuesday night, hundreds of people rallied outside a Las Vegas Valley hospital demanding options for affordable health care.
The Health Services Coalition picketed outside of Valley Hospital in a rally against the hospital’s operator, Valley Health System. The coalition represents the health plans of 27 worker groups, including the Culinary Union.
They are in contract negotiations with Valley Health System for health care plans. The coalition says prices are increasing beyond what members can afford. Union members say the health system needs to meet closer to the workers’ demands.
“The concession can’t be on hardworking families. They have nothing to concede. They don’t have piles of cash to just give up. The concession has to be on those who have more than those who don’t. And, right now, those who don’t have are the hardworking families of Las Vegas,” said Chase Hoskins of UA Local 525.
The coalition covers the health insurance of about 300,000 workers in Nevada. The Culinary Union says Valley Health System will be removed from its plans if there is no contract agreement by Jan. 1.
Valley Health System operates 16 hospitals in Southern Nevada, including Valley Hospital, Henderson Hospital and Summerlin Hospital. We reached out to Valley Health System for a response, but we have not yet heard back.
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