Sue Lowden’s Disgraceful Health Care Record
This morning during a radio interview, Sue Lowden said, “I agree that if you have a job, you have health insurance or can afford health insurance.” [KXNT’s Morning Source With Alan Stock, 3/24/2010]
The part she omitted… “except if you work for me.”
Lowden Paid her Workers So Poorly, They Couldn’t Afford Health Insurance and Had to Put Their Children on Medicaid
Testimony Before the National Gaming Impact Study Commission Revealed Lowden’s Policies Denied Employee Coverage, Forced Children onto Medicaid. In testimony before the NGISC meeting in Las Vegas on November 10, 1998, a Lowden employee at the Santa Fe testified regarding the wages and benefits available to its employees. According to the testimony of Juan Salazar, the health care Lowden offered employees made it impossible for himself and his wife to afford any coverage at all and forced their 4 childred onto Medicaid, “At the Santa Fe I only make 5.25 an hour and the medical plan that the Santa Fe offers is so expensive that I have my children on Medicaid. My wife and I don’t have any medical plans and there is no pension plan.” [National Gambling Impact Study Commission hearing in Las Vegas, 11/10/1998]
Lowden Illegally Forced Her Employees To Give Up Their Health Insurance
Lowden’s Company Admitted To Requiring Employees To Sign Documents Waiving Their Benefits. In a decision which found Santa Fe Hotel Inc guilty of several violations of the National Labor Relations Act, an Administrative Law Judge Wrote, “Respondent [Santa Fe Hotel Inc.] admits that, in or about May 1995, it bypassed the Unions and dealt directly with its buffet department servers, who are bargaining unit employees, by requiring them to sign a document waiving their right to receive employee benefits.” [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367 (emphasis added)]
Lowden’s Company Was Later Ordered To Give No Effect To Benefits Waivers. In the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on case 28-CA-13367, Santa Fe Hotel, Inc was ordered to “Give no effect to any waivers of employment benefits executed by buffet department servers and make whole, with interest, each of said employees, who executed such a waiver of benefits, for any losses he or she may have suffered in the manner set forth in the Remedy section herein.” [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367]
Lowden Illegally Cut Her Workers’ Hours to Deny Them Health Insurance
Lowden’s Company Admitted To Eliminating Benefits For Buffet Workers. In a decision which found Santa Fe Hotel Inc guilty of several violations of the National Labor Relations Act, an Administrative Law Judge Wrote, “Respondent [Santa Fe Hotel Inc.] next admits that, in or about May 1995, it acted unilaterally, and without affording the Unions, as the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the said employees, prior notice and an opportunity to negotiate on their behalf, reducing the work hours of its buffet department server employees, reclassifying full-time buffet department server employees to steady-extra employees, and subsequent to reducing their hours of work, eliminating all benefits, which had been previously received by said employees. [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367 (emphasis added)]
Lowden’s Company Was Ordered To Repay Employees Whose Hours And Benefits Were Unlawfully Cut. In the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on case 28-CA-13367, Santa Fe Hotel, Inc was ordered to, “Upon the request of the Unions, rescind each of the unlawful unilateral changes in the terms and conditions of employment of its buffet servers, Pablo's Cafe employees including the foodservers, beverage department employees including cocktail servers and barbacks, porters, slot department employees including floorpersons and change persons, and steady-extra maids and reinstate each term and condition of employment as such existed prior to each of Respondent's unlawful unilateral change and make whole, with interest, all affected employees for any losses in wages or benefits in the manner set forth in the Remedy section herein. [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367 (emphasis added)]
Las Vegas Review-Journal: “When Sue Lowden Headed The Santa Fe Hotel-Casino, Management Forced A Group Of Workers To Shift To Part-Time Status And Sign Away Their Health Care Coverage.” In March 2010, the Review-Journal wrote, “When Sue Lowden headed the Santa Fe hotel-casino, management forced a group of workers to shift to part-time status and sign away their health care coverage, said a judge who ruled the company violated fair labor practices. He ordered the Santa Fe to pay two dozen employees almost $188,000 in back wages and benefits and to reinstate three workers who lost their jobs, records show … The complex legal battles between the union and Santa Fe management came after workers from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, 1993, voted 300-241 for unionization in a labor board-supervised election, according to published reports. The Lowdens refused to recognize the results and dealt directly with workers in reducing hours and benefits instead of bargaining with union representatives … After the judge’s ruling, the Santa Fe was ordered to post a three-page notice to employees in the hotel-casino, admitting to the labor violations and promising not to repeat them.” [Review-Journal, 3/7/2010]
Lowden’s Casino Was Ordered To Post A Notice Admitting Their Wrongdoings And Promising Not To Do It Again. “After the judge's ruling, the Santa Fe was ordered to post a three-page notice to employees in the hotel-casino, admitting to the labor violations and promising not to repeat them. ‘WE WILL NOT unilaterally, without prior notice to and affording the Unions an opportunity to bargain in their behalf, reduce the work hours of buffet department servers, reclassify them to steady-extra status, and eliminate all employment benefits for said employees,’ read a key point in a list of 17 ‘WE WILL NOT’ and ‘WE WILL’ promises, including a vow not to fire workers over the issue.” [Review-Journal, 3/7/2010]
Lowden Wants To Allow Health Insurance Companies To Deny Basic Preventive Care Like Mammograms
Lowden Supports Eliminating Mandates on Health Insurance Companies. During an interview with Heidi Harris on Las Vegas KDWN radio station, while talking about health insurance said “we need to stop all the mandates.” Lowden went on to say that coverage of certain preventive care procedures should be optional, saying “if you had a menu to pick from of things that you would want in your insurance plan, then you could pick mammograms if you’re a woman, and if you’re a dealer and you’re a guy right out of school, and you’re never gonna have a mammogram, maybe you’d pick the prostate cancer choice. Do you know what I mean? Why don’t we have a menu?” [KDWN Heidi Harris In The Morning, 10/21/2009]
In the Legislature, Lowden Opposed Requiring Insurance Companies To Cover Preventative Care. During committee debate over a health-care bill, Sue Lowden moved to remove a section of the bill that would require insurance companies to include coverage for pap smears, mammograms, prenatal care, and prostate cancer screening. According to the committee minutes, “Senator Regan pointed out section 11.5, subsection 1, paragraphs (a) – (d) are preventative care. Senator Lowden agrees, but she stipulated those should be options, not mandates.” [NV Senate Commerce and Labor Committee minutes, 6/15/1995]
Which of these benefits Nevada insurance companies are currently required to cover would Sue Lowden cut?
Ambulance Services
Breast Reconstruction
Cervical Cancer/HPV Screening
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Dental Anesthesia
Diabetes Self-Management
Diabetic Supplies
Emergency Services
Home Health Care
Hospice Care
Mammogram
Maternity Stay
Mental Health General
Mental Health Parity
Off-Label Drug Use
PKU/Formula
Prostate Cancer Screening
TMJ Disorders
Which of these persons Nevada insurance companies are currently required to cover would Sue Lowden cut?
Adopted Children
Continuation/Dependents
Continuation/Employees
Conversion to Non-Group
Handicapped Dependents
Newborns
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Sue Lowden’s Disgraceful Health Care Record
This morning during a radio interview, Sue Lowden said, “I agree that if you have a job, you have health insurance or can afford health insurance.” [KXNT’s Morning Source With Alan Stock, 3/24/2010]
The part she omitted… “except if you work for me.”
Lowden Paid her Workers So Poorly, They Couldn’t Afford Health Insurance and Had to Put Their Children on Medicaid
Testimony Before the National Gaming Impact Study Commission Revealed Lowden’s Policies Denied Employee Coverage, Forced Children onto Medicaid. In testimony before the NGISC meeting in Las Vegas on November 10, 1998, a Lowden employee at the Santa Fe testified regarding the wages and benefits available to its employees. According to the testimony of Juan Salazar, the health care Lowden offered employees made it impossible for himself and his wife to afford any coverage at all and forced their 4 childred onto Medicaid, “At the Santa Fe I only make 5.25 an hour and the medical plan that the Santa Fe offers is so expensive that I have my children on Medicaid. My wife and I don’t have any medical plans and there is no pension plan.” [National Gambling Impact Study Commission hearing in Las Vegas, 11/10/1998]
Lowden Illegally Forced Her Employees To Give Up Their Health Insurance
Lowden’s Company Admitted To Requiring Employees To Sign Documents Waiving Their Benefits. In a decision which found Santa Fe Hotel Inc guilty of several violations of the National Labor Relations Act, an Administrative Law Judge Wrote, “Respondent [Santa Fe Hotel Inc.] admits that, in or about May 1995, it bypassed the Unions and dealt directly with its buffet department servers, who are bargaining unit employees, by requiring them to sign a document waiving their right to receive employee benefits.” [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367 (emphasis added)]
Lowden’s Company Was Later Ordered To Give No Effect To Benefits Waivers. In the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on case 28-CA-13367, Santa Fe Hotel, Inc was ordered to “Give no effect to any waivers of employment benefits executed by buffet department servers and make whole, with interest, each of said employees, who executed such a waiver of benefits, for any losses he or she may have suffered in the manner set forth in the Remedy section herein.” [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367]
Lowden Illegally Cut Her Workers’ Hours to Deny Them Health Insurance
Lowden’s Company Admitted To Eliminating Benefits For Buffet Workers. In a decision which found Santa Fe Hotel Inc guilty of several violations of the National Labor Relations Act, an Administrative Law Judge Wrote, “Respondent [Santa Fe Hotel Inc.] next admits that, in or about May 1995, it acted unilaterally, and without affording the Unions, as the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the said employees, prior notice and an opportunity to negotiate on their behalf, reducing the work hours of its buffet department server employees, reclassifying full-time buffet department server employees to steady-extra employees, and subsequent to reducing their hours of work, eliminating all benefits, which had been previously received by said employees. [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367 (emphasis added)]
Lowden’s Company Was Ordered To Repay Employees Whose Hours And Benefits Were Unlawfully Cut. In the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on case 28-CA-13367, Santa Fe Hotel, Inc was ordered to, “Upon the request of the Unions, rescind each of the unlawful unilateral changes in the terms and conditions of employment of its buffet servers, Pablo's Cafe employees including the foodservers, beverage department employees including cocktail servers and barbacks, porters, slot department employees including floorpersons and change persons, and steady-extra maids and reinstate each term and condition of employment as such existed prior to each of Respondent's unlawful unilateral change and make whole, with interest, all affected employees for any losses in wages or benefits in the manner set forth in the Remedy section herein. [NLRB Case 28-CA-13367 (emphasis added)]
Las Vegas Review-Journal: “When Sue Lowden Headed The Santa Fe Hotel-Casino, Management Forced A Group Of Workers To Shift To Part-Time Status And Sign Away Their Health Care Coverage.” In March 2010, the Review-Journal wrote, “When Sue Lowden headed the Santa Fe hotel-casino, management forced a group of workers to shift to part-time status and sign away their health care coverage, said a judge who ruled the company violated fair labor practices. He ordered the Santa Fe to pay two dozen employees almost $188,000 in back wages and benefits and to reinstate three workers who lost their jobs, records show … The complex legal battles between the union and Santa Fe management came after workers from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, 1993, voted 300-241 for unionization in a labor board-supervised election, according to published reports. The Lowdens refused to recognize the results and dealt directly with workers in reducing hours and benefits instead of bargaining with union representatives … After the judge’s ruling, the Santa Fe was ordered to post a three-page notice to employees in the hotel-casino, admitting to the labor violations and promising not to repeat them.” [Review-Journal, 3/7/2010]
Lowden’s Casino Was Ordered To Post A Notice Admitting Their Wrongdoings And Promising Not To Do It Again. “After the judge's ruling, the Santa Fe was ordered to post a three-page notice to employees in the hotel-casino, admitting to the labor violations and promising not to repeat them. ‘WE WILL NOT unilaterally, without prior notice to and affording the Unions an opportunity to bargain in their behalf, reduce the work hours of buffet department servers, reclassify them to steady-extra status, and eliminate all employment benefits for said employees,’ read a key point in a list of 17 ‘WE WILL NOT’ and ‘WE WILL’ promises, including a vow not to fire workers over the issue.” [Review-Journal, 3/7/2010]
Lowden Wants To Allow Health Insurance Companies To Deny Basic Preventive Care Like Mammograms
Lowden Supports Eliminating Mandates on Health Insurance Companies. During an interview with Heidi Harris on Las Vegas KDWN radio station, while talking about health insurance said “we need to stop all the mandates.” Lowden went on to say that coverage of certain preventive care procedures should be optional, saying “if you had a menu to pick from of things that you would want in your insurance plan, then you could pick mammograms if you’re a woman, and if you’re a dealer and you’re a guy right out of school, and you’re never gonna have a mammogram, maybe you’d pick the prostate cancer choice. Do you know what I mean? Why don’t we have a menu?” [KDWN Heidi Harris In The Morning, 10/21/2009]
In the Legislature, Lowden Opposed Requiring Insurance Companies To Cover Preventative Care. During committee debate over a health-care bill, Sue Lowden moved to remove a section of the bill that would require insurance companies to include coverage for pap smears, mammograms, prenatal care, and prostate cancer screening. According to the committee minutes, “Senator Regan pointed out section 11.5, subsection 1, paragraphs (a) – (d) are preventative care. Senator Lowden agrees, but she stipulated those should be options, not mandates.” [NV Senate Commerce and Labor Committee minutes, 6/15/1995]
Which of these benefits Nevada insurance companies are currently required to cover would Sue Lowden cut?
Ambulance Services
Breast Reconstruction
Cervical Cancer/HPV Screening
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Dental Anesthesia
Diabetes Self-Management
Diabetic Supplies
Emergency Services
Home Health Care
Hospice Care
Mammogram
Maternity Stay
Mental Health General
Mental Health Parity
Off-Label Drug Use
PKU/Formula
Prostate Cancer Screening
TMJ Disorders
Which of these persons Nevada insurance companies are currently required to cover would Sue Lowden cut?
Adopted Children
Continuation/Dependents
Continuation/Employees
Conversion to Non-Group
Handicapped Dependents
Newborns
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