SB562 would bring health care, not just insurance, to all Californians
In contrast to the health care horror show unfolding in Washington, California can establish real health care security for our families, neighbors and communities with the Healthy California Act, SB562.
By RoseAnn DeMoro writing for San Francisco Chronicle
Kindred Hospital - San Gabriel Valley Healthcare Workers Vote by Wide Margin To Join Union
Voicing concern about safe staffing, fair pay, and respect in the workplace, two hundred healthcare workers at Kindred Hospital-San Gabriel Valley in West Covina, Ca. voted by an overwhelming margin Thursday night to join the Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union (CHEU).
Caregiver Healthcare Employees Union
Jun 16, 2017
Nurses at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Celebrate Reinstatement of RN Fired Unjustly
Registered nurses at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring plan a rally Monday, June 19, to welcome back oncology RN, Edith Saffa, who was fired in April for her patient advocacy and support of the union organizing effort at the hospital.
National Nurses United
Jun 16, 2017
Jane Sandoval: The Health Inequities That Exist
RN, Jane Sandoval's resolve to fight inequality extends well beyond the Bay Area. In 2013, she traveled to the Philippines with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN). While treating patients in the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, Jane's eyes were opened to the vast scale of global health inequities.
National Nurses United
Kindred Hospital-Baldwin Park RNs and Caregivers Plan Rally for Quality Patient Care June 7th
Registered nurses and, caregiver and healthcare workers at Kindred Hospital-Baldwin Park, will hold a rally June 7th to speak out on conditions management has refused to address, including chronic short staffing, a high staff turnover rate and the hospital’s growing reliance on temporary workers.
California Nurses Association
Jun 6, 2017
Sen. Bernie Sanders to Headline All Star Lineup at Big Gathering of Progressive Activists in Chicago
Sen. Bernie Sanders will keynote a major gathering of several thousand progressive activists from across the U.S. in Chicago June 9 to 11 under a thematic of moving beyond resistance to a building a broad people’s movement for a just world.
National Nurses United
Jun 6, 2017
All-Star Lineup of Actors, Musicians to Perform “The People Speak†at Conference in Chicago
An all-star line up of prominent actors and musicians will perform Saturday night, June 10 in Chicago; part of a premiere conference of grassroots activists and leaders from across the country who will be holding a weekend gathering, the People’s Summit, June 9 to 11 headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
National Nurses United
Jun 5, 2017
The big media lie about single-payer health care
The headlines were so consistent, so predictably bad, that I almost couldn’t read them. “Single-payer will cost $400 billion.†“Single-payer costs dwarf entire state budget.â€
By Tim Redmond, 48 Hills
Big winners in California’s new healthcare plan: Households and small businesses
A study by a distinguished group of university economists, released Wednesday at a Capitol news conference, contradicted recent claims by the California State Department of Finance that unfunded healthcare costs would be greater than the entire state budget, or at least overwhelm it.
By Michael Monasky, MultiBriefs
The California Senate Just Passed Single-Payer Health Care
If health care is a right—and it is—the only honest response to the current crisis is the single-payer “Medicare For All†reform that would bring the United States in line with humane and responsible countries worldwide.
By John Nichols, The Nation