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Hundreds of RNs met on new nurse-ratio law and demanded reform of Kaiser Permanente’s arbitration system, which restricts the ability of patients to challenge managed care abuses. 

The two-day conference, which began Monday, is hosted by the California Nurses Association, and is being held at the Sacramento Convention Center.  

The nurses will be lobbying Diana Bonta, RN, director of California’s Department of Health Services and Daniel Zingale, director of California’s Department of Managed Care. 

CNA is supporting a bill, SB 458 by Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Norwalk) that would give patients who are denied needed care or face delays the choice of whether to remain in the arbitration system or to be able to go to court to seek redress.