The Public Option – Doomed From the Start
With the collapse of the dismal Republican healthcare bill, some Democrats are reviving talk of a public option as the cure for the holes in the Affordable Care Act that opened the door for the GOP attack.
NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro writing for Common Dreams
High Desert Health Care for All Town Hall on SB 562 Planned July 20 in Apple Valley
The campaign for the Healthy California Act is inviting area residents to a community town hall meeting in Apple Valley to learn about SB 562.
California Nurses Association
Jul 19, 2017
RNs to Join DC Actions Wednesday to Press Senate, Stop Bid to Kill ACA, Pass Real Reform
National Nurses United members from across the U.S. join actions with other activists Wednesday to press Senate members to halt, once and for all, efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and instead guarantee healthcare for every American by enacting Medicare for all.
National Nurses United
Jul 18, 2017
How the Cleveland Clinic grows healthier while its neighbors stay sick
On the Cleveland Clinic’s sprawling campus one day last year, the hospital's brain trust sat in all-white rooms and under soaring ceilings, looking down on a park outside and planning the next expansion of the $8 billion health system.
Dan Diamond, Politico
How hospitals got richer off Obamacare
A decade after the nation’s top hospitals used all their advertising and lobbying clout to keep their tax-exempt status, pointing to their vast givebacks to their communities, they have seen their revenue soar while cutting back on the very givebacks they were touting, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Dan Diamond, Politico
Since When Is It Not Okay to Play Hardball With the Democrats?
Despite efforts by the political establishment to shut it down, the quest for a state-based, Medicare-for-all type system in California, based on patient need, not corporate profits, rolls on.
NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro writing for The Nation
Nurses Scolded: Not OKAY to Play Hardball with Democrats
The seminal fight for single-payer healthcare in California reflects a national struggle for the movement for social change. So, no, organized nurses and our allies will not wait. And we will not back down.
NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro writing for Common Dreams
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Munroe Regional Medical Center Fires RNs for Refusing Assignments They Deemed Unsafe for Patients
The National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) has called on Munroe Regional Medical Center (MRMC) in Ocala, Fla., to reinstate registered nurses who were recently terminated after they objected to working in conditions they deemed unsafe for patients and possibly unlawful.
National Nurses United/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Jul 14, 2017
California Health Care Fight May Show Democratic Party Future
Democrats gear up for the 2018 election, they confront big challenges: Polls in the last election showed a general electorate that deeply distrusted the party’s leaders, while new surveys show the Democratic base has lost faith in government — and now many swing voters believe Democrats aim to help the wealthy.
Lydia O'Neal And David Sirota, International Business Times