Nurses Announce Opposition to Sen. Sessions for Attorney General
National Nurses United is joining with civil rights and civil liberties advocates to oppose the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next U.S. Attorney General, NNU announced today. NNU will urge the Senate to reject Sessions’ nomination.
National Nurses United
Jan 19, 2017
RN, JD Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist, Mathew Keller sheds some light
Why did Minnesota's Hennepin Community Medical Center change it's financial projections by a whopping $45.4 million dollars?
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Nurses Face More Violence From Hospital Patients
Nurses and other health care workers increasingly face verbal abuse, physical assaults and injuries, often from the patients they're trying to help, according to testimony at a Jan. 10 meeting held by the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Capitol Hill.
Lisa Esposito, US News And World Report
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
As Confirmation Hearing Opens, Nurses Urge Senate to Reject Price
With the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions scheduled to open a hearing Wednesday on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, National Nurses United urged both the committee and the full Senate to reject Price, citing his record of opposition to major healthcare services and advocacy of harmful cuts in in key healthcare programs.
National Nurses United
Jan 18, 2017
How to fight back when an insurer denies your healthcare claim
Insurance companies are playing the odds, patient advocates say. They’re counting on people not having the stamina to challenge every denied claim, even when there’s a valid medical reason for a drug or treatment being covered.
David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times
The Precautionary Principle is Paramount
More than two years after the West African Ebola outbreak panicked the globe, Ebola news made headlines again when researchers found evidence suggesting that the deadly virus lingers in people’s lungs.
Bonnie Castillo, RN, Director of RN Response Network and Health & Safety at NNU
HHS Nominee Tom Price Faces Insider Trading Accusations
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services bought shares in a medical device company last year and then introduced legislation in the House to help the company less than a week later, CBS News has confirmed.
Rebecca Shabad, CBS News
Healthcare hell: Fighting to overturn denied insurance claims
One focus of the planned repeal of Obamacare is maintaining coverage for people with preexisting conditions. Republican lawmakers say the current law’s safeguards won’t change, but they have yet to explain how they’ll accomplish this without also keeping the mandate that everyone buy insurance.
David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times
Instead of protesting Obamacare repeal, seek what Trump admires
Instead of mourning the expected repeal of the Affordable Care Act, let’s hold President-elect Donald Trump to his pledges on health care, while also meeting the test set by President Obama.
NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle