Sacramento Action Planned Today Demanding Assembly Speaker Rendon Stop Delay & Pass SB 562
The campaign for the Healthy California Act, a coalition comprised of 350 organizations representing over six million Californians, will hold an action in Sacramento on Wednesday, June 28, calling on Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon to let SB 562 move forward in the California Assembly.
California Nurses Association
Jun 28, 2017
Actions This Week in LA and Sacramento Demanding Assembly Speaker Rendon Stop Delay and Pass SB 562
The campaign for the Healthy California Act, a coalition comprised of 350 organizations representing over six million Californians, is holding actions this week in Los Angeles and Sacramento to demand that Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon immediately let the Assembly vote on SB 562.
Healthy California
Jun 26, 2017
Sen. Bernie Sanders Joins Condemnation of Action by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon to Block SB 562
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who polls have shown has the highest popular support of any national political figure, today joined the growing public criticism of the decision by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon to arbitrarily block action on a California bill to block guaranteed healthcare for all Californians.
California Nurses Association
Jun 24, 2017
Statement by CA Nurses on Decision By Assembly Speaker Rendon to Block Healthcare Reform
The California Nurses Association condemns the decision by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon to destroy the aspirations of millions of Californians for guaranteed health care without being bankrupted or forced to skip needed care.
Deborah Burger, RN, co-president, California Nurses Association
Jun 23, 2017
You asked, we answered. Here are some of our readers' questions on CA's proposed single-payer plan
We had some questions about California’s high-profile bill to establish a single-payer system, in which the state would foot the bill for nearly all healthcare costs of its residents. So we looked into the proposal, asking who would be covered, how it would be paid for and other basic questions about how it would work.
By Melanie Mason, Contact Reporter, LA Times
Stop the Attack on Our Patients–Tell Republican Senators to Reject the Senate Health Insurance Bil
After nearly two months of secret deliberations, Senate Republicans just released a draft of their health bill, called the Better Care Reconciliation Act – and it is absolutely horrendous. If enacted, this bill poses a mortal threat to millions of our patients.
NNU Co-Presidents Deborah Burger, RN and Jean Ross, RN
All The Health Insurance Companies’ Men Attack
Whenever health insurance companies face real political pressure they know it’s best to change the messenger. Their executives and spokespeople clam up and turn to paid surrogates who attack reformers in order to take the public’s eye off the ball: health industry price gouging.
Carmen Balber, Capitol Watchdog
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
Nurses Call on Senate Republicans to Halt Passage of ‘Mean’ Health Care Legislation
National Nurses United today called on Senate Republicans to halt efforts to pass the secretive bill being rushed through Senate that could rip away health coverage for tens of millions and severely punish the sickest Americans with much higher out of pocket costs for health coverage.
National Nurses United
Jun 22, 2017
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