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Caltech for Affordable Healthcare

@CAHgrads

Caltech for Affordable Healthcare is a campus group @Caltech advocating against cuts in student healthcare.

 Pasadena, CA
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Joined April 2020
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How much did @Caltech increase grad student health care costs during the pandemic? Out-of-pocket costs are going up 2-5x more than they have over the last five years. #NoHealthcareCuts
Graph showing "increase in out-of-pocket cost" on the y axis and "billed at point of serve" on the x axis. Red, black, dark gray, and light gray shaded regions indicate increases of out of pocket costs for 20-21, 19-20, 18-19, and 17-18, respectively. The red shaded region exceeds the other regions by a factor of 2-5x.

ALT Graph showing "increase in out-of-pocket cost" on the y axis and "billed at point of serve" on the x axis. Red, black, dark gray, and light gray shaded regions indicate increases of out of pocket costs for 20-21, 19-20, 18-19, and 17-18, respectively. The red shaded region exceeds the other regions by a factor of 2-5x.

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image of Roman senator labeled "Caltech trustees + admin" striking at Julius Caesar labeled "grads and postdocs" using a long knife labeled "appreciation." The caption reads "et tu Caltech?"

ALT image of Roman senator labeled "Caltech trustees + admin" striking at Julius Caesar labeled "grads and postdocs" using a long knife labeled "appreciation." The caption reads "et tu Caltech?"

Caltech for Affordable Healthcare (@CAHgrads) profile pictureCaltech for Affordable Healthcare@CAHgrads16 Mar 2021
Tonight on the ides of March .@Caltech sent postdocs and graduate students an email on behalf of the Board of Trustees telling us how much they appreciate us. Here are five times we've felt especially appreciated by Caltech.
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Tonight on the ides of March .@Caltech sent postdocs and graduate students an email on behalf of the Board of Trustees telling us how much they appreciate us. Here are five times we've felt especially appreciated by Caltech.
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1. Remember when Caltech cut our health insurance during this pandemic? How could we forget! xitter.gq/CAHgrads/status/125845…
Caltech for Affordable Healthcare (@CAHgrads) profile pictureCaltech for Affordable Healthcare@CAHgrads7 May 2020
.@Caltech administration is proceeding with major cuts to grad student health insurance decided behind closed doors, despite reasonable demands made in a petition that was signed by over 40% of grad students and hundreds of other Caltech-affiliated supporters in just a few days.
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We've put together a report detailing the status of graduate student healthcare at @Caltech , based on survey data collected by the @CaltechGSC. Women and nonbinary and chronically ill folks bear the brunt of inaccessible and expensive health care! caltechgradhealth.files.word…
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Please donate if able!
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Replying to @Caltech
@Caltech admin: "We won't talk to you. We will only talk to the Health reps." Jane and Ashay: "We ARE the Health reps." Read our response to this dismissive admin email, and see why the current student input into the health plan is inadequate: (caltechgradhealth.files.word…)
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Solidarity with graduate workers at U Mich! @geo3550
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An injury to one is an injury to all! Sending love to @geo3550 as they confront their intransigent administration #StrikeForSafeCampus
The Michigan Daily (@michigandaily) profile pictureThe Michigan Daily@michigandaily8 Sep 2020
The Graduate Employees’ Organization strike is underway:
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Solidarity with striking @geo3550 workers at @UMich! #StrikeForSafeCampus
Grad Employees' Org UMich (@geo3550) profile pictureGrad Employees' Org UMich@geo35507 Sep 2020
The vote passes! GEO membership has authorized a strike, effective TOMORROW. This is a historic moment: we are striking at the beginning of the year, in the midst of a pandemic, to protect our whole community. IMPORTANT THREAD WITH NEXT STEPS:
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(click for full image) Caltech admin be like:
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Caltech for Affordable Healthcare (@CAHgrads) profile pictureCaltech for Affordable Healthcare@CAHgrads5 Sep 2020
No one: @Caltech admin: *cuts student health insurance benefits during a pandemic* Students: Please don’t do that. @Caltech admin: “rents on and off campus have either remained constant or decreased” (1/10) see: caltechgradhealth.files.word…
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No one: @Caltech admin: *cuts student health insurance benefits during a pandemic* Students: Please don’t do that. @Caltech admin: “rents on and off campus have either remained constant or decreased” (1/10) see: caltechgradhealth.files.word…
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Let’s talk about housing, then. (2/10)
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Despite seeing the massive amounts of data and student stories assembled by CAH, @Caltech administration still refuses to respect their students' demands for affordable healthcare. Read our response to their latest message here: caltechgradhealth.files.word…
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The @Caltech community deserves better when it comes to COVID-19 response. The current policies are not sufficient to prevent an outbreak on campus. Read more here: xitter.gq/LMT_Spoon/status/13016…
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We're frustrated that @UHC posted record profits while jacking up the cost of healthcare, leading @Caltech to cut our benefits during a deadly global pandemic. #M4A #MedicareForAll #FightForMedicare4All
Ask UnitedHealthcare (@askUHC) profile pictureAsk UnitedHealthcare@askUHC22 Aug 2020
Replying to @SaltyCStar
Hello, we are sorry to hear of your frustrations. Please let us know if you require assistance. Thank you -Maria
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Replying to @Caltech
@Caltech says the new stipend covers healthcare costs-- misleading! The stipend increase was finalized before benefit cuts were announced, and doesn't even cover the costs it was based on. These costs fall most harshly on chronically ill students (accessible PDF link in reply)
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This damning study of over 500 campus reopening plans (by our very own @faythtan among others!) shows that @Caltech and other universities are prepared to sacrifice their workers' health on a massive scale. For that reason we join the X-campus demands for #OurRiskOurChoice: (1/4)
Lior Pachter (@lpachter) profile pictureLior Pachter@lpachter11 Aug 2020
Seemingly chaotic and in some cases incoherent recently announced college reopening statements prompted @sinabooeshaghi, @faythtan, @bhrenton, @DrZackaryBerger & myself to analyze #covid19 testing plans for the fall term. medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/… 1/10
Markedly heterogeneous COVID-19 testing plans among US colleges and universities

Markedly heterogeneous COVID-19 testing plans among US colleges and universities

As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens in the United States [[1][1]], colleges that have invited students back for the fall are finalizing mitigation plans to lessen the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Even though...

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1⃣ ALL university workers must have the right to decide whether or not to be on campus during the pandemic. This is especially important given the even more abysmal state of testing plans for campus staff: (2/4) xitter.gq/lpachter/status/129323…
Lior Pachter (@lpachter) profile pictureLior Pachter@lpachter11 Aug 2020
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Perhaps not surprising, but profoundly disturbing, are testing disparities *within* colleges and universities. For example, one is hard-pressed to find staff mentioned on many return-to-school policy websites, and staff are fearful of losing employment if positive 8/10.
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On May 1, we delivered a petition that demanded that @Caltech (1) make healthcare decisions more transparent and (2) not cut our healthcare during a pandemic. It was signed by 42.6% of grad students. @Caltech cut our health insurance anyway. [Accessible PDF link in replies] (1/3)
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We have asked that @Caltech administrators respond to each petition demand in writing, giving their rationale for not meeting any unmet demands, and we will report back to grad students if we receive a response. (caltechgradhealth.files.word…) (2/3)
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Caltech for Affordable Healthcare stands with K-12 teachers across the country including @UTLAnow in today's National Day of Resistance to #DemandSafeSchools. No reopening until schools are free from the twin pandemics of covid-19 and racist police violence!
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While UnitedHealth makes record profits, @Caltech grad students are facing steep cost increases from UnitedHealthcare Student Resources, during a pandemic, with 35% of graduate students already struggling to afford the care they need. (1/2) axios.com/unitedhealth-coron…
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Our healthcare system is broken, and we pay the price. Caltech has not announced any plans to cover out-of-pocket health expenses during the pandemic, even as the number of local and on-campus cases rise. (2/2)
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Anonymous @Caltech student: "The bare minimum they could have done is to provide testing services...for researchers coming back into labs. Without having any idea who is infected/immune, the measures put in place are ad hoc."
White text on red background: "I find it astonishing that as a leading science institute, Caltech's policy during reopening has not relied on a single solid data point. The bare minimum they could have done is to provide testing services including immunological testing for researchers coming back into labs. Without having any idea about who is infected/immune, the measures put in place are ad hoc. Caltech has been incredibly passive about actually helping its community feel secure and updated. Just putting together a bunch of policies (masks and workshifts etc) which is just an eyewash and a compensation for more rigorous measures like testing is deeply disappointing. YOUR HEALTH YOUR VOICE brought to you by Caltech for Affordable Healthcare, an autonomous campaign of the GSC Healthcare Committee Join Our Movement on Social Media: Facebook: @CaltechCAH Twitter: @CAHgrads #NoHealthcareCuts"

ALT White text on red background: "I find it astonishing that as a leading science institute, Caltech's policy during reopening has not relied on a single solid data point. The bare minimum they could have done is to provide testing services including immunological testing for researchers coming back into labs. Without having any idea about who is infected/immune, the measures put in place are ad hoc. Caltech has been incredibly passive about actually helping its community feel secure and updated. Just putting together a bunch of policies (masks and workshifts etc) which is just an eyewash and a compensation for more rigorous measures like testing is deeply disappointing. YOUR HEALTH YOUR VOICE brought to you by Caltech for Affordable Healthcare, an autonomous campaign of the GSC Healthcare Committee Join Our Movement on Social Media: Facebook: @CaltechCAH Twitter: @CAHgrads #NoHealthcareCuts"

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