Jayapal, Dingell And Co-Sponsors To Introduce Medicare For All Act of 2019

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RNs organizing unprecedented, grassroots movement to back the bill

Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Debbie Dingell, other members of Congress, and advocates including National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, will introduce the Medicare For All Act of 2019 on Wednesday, February 27 at 11:15 a.m. EST.
 

National Nurses United
Feb 26, 2019

RNs and Veterans Rally to Protect Veterans’ Health Care at the VA

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RNs and Veterans Rally to Protect Veterans’ Health Care
RNs with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) and veterans with San Diego Veterans for Peace are calling on the VA Secretary, Robert Wilkie, to fully fund and staff the VA, and reject the implementation of proposed rules that will divert billions of taxpayer dollars designated for the VA and veterans’ health care into the private sector.
National Nurses United
Feb 25, 2019

RNs at MedStar Washington Hospital Center Overwhelmingly Approve Contract with Improved Patient Safety Protections

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Bargaining team

Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United at MedStar Washington Hospital Center voted overwhelmingly this past weekend to ratify a new five-year contract. The contract, covering 1,900 registered nurses at the hospital, features a host of improvements and protections for both nurses and patients.
 

National Nurses Organizing Committee
Feb 25, 2019

Thousands of people attended #MedicareForAll barnstorm events across the country!

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Nurses across the country are off to a great start with a grassroots movement to demand Medicare for All. Thousands of people interested in supporting the movement attended over 150 barnstorms from Maine to California where they shared their healthcare stories and learned about the new Medicare for All Act that will be introduced in Congress by Representative Pramila Jayapal. RN and California Nurses Association board member Sandy Redding talks about all ...on this podcast.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

AFL-CIO Calls on Maryland to Deny Johns Hopkins Bayview Expansion Project in Scorching Letter

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Rendering of Johns Hopkins' proposed Bayview Expansion Project
Citing failure to meet charity care obligations for the health needs of low-income area residents that includes suing thousands of low- income patients for medical bills, serious patient care “deficiencies,” and an “unwarranted” major rate hike, the AFL-CIO is calling on Maryland officials to reject the application of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) for a major redevelopment project.
National Nurses United and AFL-CIO
Feb 19, 2019

The people will win Medicare for All. Thousands united this week to prove it.

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They showed up because our broken health care system killed their brothers. They came out because their life choices are paralyzed by the need to pay for insulin. Across the United States this past week, thousands of everyday people convened — through Minnesota snow, through New York City sleet — to take an unprecedented step toward real health care reform.

Welcome to the people’s movement to win Medicare for All.

Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United