We Care for Westchester County.
Does Summit Health?
Across Westchester County and the Hudson Valley, Wall Street-backed firms are buying up community healthcare providers at a record pace. Summit Health recently purchased WestMed Medical Group, becoming one of our region’s largest for-profit healthcare chains with some 12,000 staff and 340 locations across five states.
What does corporate takeover mean for patient care in our communities?
A lohud.com news story put it this way:
“Health care mergers across the Hudson Valley region have left some patients scrambling to keep pace with seemingly ever-evolving barriers to booking and paying for medical services. From longer waits for some doctor visits to growing medical billing bureaucracies, health care consolidation pitfalls abound amid an historic wave of hospital and physician group mergers over the past decade…”.
Earlier this year, caregivers employed by Summit Health—including registered nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, patient service representatives, medical assistants, and others—voted to form a union. We did so to have a greater voice at work and hold our employer accountable to the communities in which they are operating.
Job standards at Summit Health fall well below what already exists for thousands of healthcare workers throughout Westchester County. Quality care suffers when healthcare workers like us don’t have stable jobs, good benefits, and a strong voice at work to advocate for our patients.
Do you agree that Summit Health—a multibillion dollar company backed by Wall Street—needs to do right for Westchester communities by investing the type of good healthcare jobs that are the foundation of patient care?
Sign the form to show your community support!
YES! I stand with caregivers at Summit Health as they fight to raise standards for good jobs and quality care in Westchester County.