More than 75,000 US Kaiser healthcare workers on strike

Martha Canul, foreground, a medical assistant at Kaiser, holds up signs along with medical workers and supporters as they protest outside of a Kaiser Permanente facility in San Francisco, Oct. 4, 2023. [AP Photo]

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care staff across the U.S. began a three-day strike Wednesday, which will likely hold up appointments, test results and prescriptions at locations across the nation.

Kaiser Permanente, a California-based chain of hospitals, pharmacies and clinics, serves nearly 13 million Americans.