Healthcare organizations

Nurses at SSM Health Dean Medical Group have voted to form a union. The move gives the nursing staff collective bargaining power on issues such as staffing, wages and working conditions at the Madison-area medical group. The vote adds to a broader wave of hospital nurse unionization efforts across the United States in recent years.

Small business owners travelled to the US Capitol for a healthcare summit focused on the challenges they face with health coverage costs and access. Organized by the NFIB, the advocacy group for small and independent business, the event gives owners a chance to meet lawmakers directly. Rising healthcare premiums have long been one of the top cost concerns for small employers, and participants are expected to push for policy changes.