Why do nurses support Sen. Sanders’ Medicare for All Act?

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When nurses stand up for Medicare for all, guaranteed healthcare as a human right we know that we are fighting beyond disdain, beyond political or corporate jargon, on the ground, for real patients whose names we speak, whose hands we hold, whose families we know, and whose very last breaths we have witnessed, often far too soon.
Bonnie Castillo, NNU Director of Health and Safety
Sep 13, 2017

Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for All' Bill Needs to Pass

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The Medicare for all Act of 2017 that could finally achieve the dream reformers have advanced for more than a century – genuine universal care for all its people, guaranteed for everyone, regardless of ability to pay, gender, race, nationality, or where you live.
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NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro writing for The Hill

Sen. Sanders Medicare for All Act - The Time Has Come Today

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Senator Bernie Sanders introduces his Medicare for All bill
The dream of healthcare reformers for more than a century—and the incredible and unending work of nurses, especially National Nurses United members, to guarantee health care with comprehensive benefits and a single standard of quality care for everyone—is moving a huge step forward.
By RoseAnn DeMoro writing for Common Dreams

Nurses Enthusiastically Welcome Sen. Sanders' Medicare for All Act – The Time is Here Today

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National Nurses United (NNU) today enthusiastically greeted the introduction of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All Act of 2017 as a critical step forward – and as a reflection of the work by NNU members for many years to guarantee health care with comprehensive benefits and a single standard of quality care for everyone.
National Nurses United
Sep 13, 2017

RN Amy Bowen Talks About Her Experience As A Volunteer In Houston

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RN Amy Bowen just returned from a week in Houston and Beaumont. Amy talks about how she and her fellow nurses from the Registered Nurse Response Network worked side by side with local medical professionals, who were also volunteering—to give aid to those in need.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
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