Great Expectations: California’s First Steps Toward Universal Health Care

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In September 2017, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom stood in front of a crowd of 1,500 nurses in San Francisco and pledged his support for bringing universal health care to California. The nurses, members of the California Nurses Association, were the principal supporters of Senate Bill 562, which sought to replace the state’s patchwork insurance system with a single-payer model in which the state would finance health care for all residents.

Capital & Main, Gabriel Thompson

An Interview with Executive Director for Healthcare NOW Ben Day

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Ben Day is no stranger to the National Single Payer movement. He currently serves as Executive Director of Healthcare NOW and prior to taking on this role he was the Executive Director of MASS-Care, the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, for eight years.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

Nurses’ Voice Impacts California Attorney General Decision on Dignity/Catholic Health Initiatives Merger

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Dignity nurses

After speaking up at hearings throughout the state, California nurses are seeing their demands reflected in the terms of California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra’s approval of the merger between Dignity Health and Colorado-based Catholic Healthcare Initiatives (CHI), the California Nurses Association announced today.

California Nurses Association
Nov 29, 2018

Op-Ed: Veteran Wants VA System Saved

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Here just after observing Armistice Day to mark 100 years since the end of WWI, and to mourn death and suffering, instead of glorifying war and using veterans as ad copy to sell consumer goods, a particular imperative is to fulfill the promise made to veterans to care for them after their service. Sadly, Veterans Health Administration services are at
great risk today.

Ellen Barfield, U.S. Army Sergeant