Dignity Restored - Part 2

Friday, September 03, 2021

We had previously posted about a contract dispute between Anthem Blue Cross - which provides health insurance to many UC employees and retirees - and the Catholicaffiliated Dignity hospital chain.* Anthem had sent out a letter indicating that if the dispute were not resolved, insurance coverage for use of the Dignity chain would be ended. Subsequently, the contract dispute was resolved. Now UCOP has sent out an official announcement (above).

What is somewhat odd about this affair is that Dignity was at the center of a series of Regents sessions because of an affiliation between Dignity and UC-San Francisco. That controversy revolved around Dignity's refusal to provide certain services - such as abortion - on religious grounds. The two conflicts seem to be unrelated, however. Or at least they were resolved separately and were never officially linked.

* http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2021/08/dignity-restored.html.