St. Marys-Corwin RNs Call for Sufficient Food for Patients and Staff
Registered nurses are calling on the Centura Office of Compliance and the board of Catholic Health Initiatives, owners of St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, to remedy problems related to nutrition services at the hospital, the National Nurses Organizing Committee announced today.
Jul 19, 2012
Out of Work, Out of Luck
The government has the tools to help remedy the jobs crisis, so why isn't it doing anything?
The American Prospect
RNs Applaud San Francisco Supervisors’ decision to take closer look at Sutter/CPMC Proposal
RNs with California Nurses Association/National Nurses United who attended the San Francisco Supervisors meeting Tuesday night are glad city officials are taking a closer look at the Sutter/California Pacific Medical Center’s controversial building project in the city.
CNA Blog
The Patient as Profit Center
Why would a company pay an estimated $10 million for access to a patient population? Not the brick and mortar of facility building, nor its machines, computers or other hardware? The answer: the billing opportunity. This is the business model of DaVita, Inc., a Colorado-based for-profit healthcare company that owns and operates more than 1,800 clinics across the U.S.—and some in foreign countries, too.
NNU Blog
Nurses Union Will Keep Fighting for Medicare for All
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, former insurance company executive Wendell Potter’s appeal to single payer advocates to “bury the hatchet,†recently published in The Nation, is both misdirected and shortsighted. By RoseAnn DeMoro, NNU/CNA Executive Director
The Nation, By RoseAnn DeMoro
Mass. Nurses Assoc. Applauds Overrides of Gov’s Vetoes To Save Taunton State Hospital
BOSTON, MA -- Today the Massachusetts Senate cast a unanimous vote to override Governor Deval Patrick's veto of funds necessary to keep Taunton State Hospital open, and voted to override his veto of an independent study on the mental health needs of Commonwealth residents. The senate action follows yesterday’s unanimous override votes by the House of Representatives, thereby ensuring the survival of Taunton State Hospital, with 45 beds, while providing the state with an opportunity (through the independent study) to formulate a plan to address the serious and growing mental health crisis in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Nurses Press Release
Jul 12, 2012
Medicare for all CA Bus tour: In West Covina Tonight SiCKO ‘Sisters’ Reunite
Today in West Covina, the California Nurses Association summer 2012 Medicare for all bus tour will come to a close. After visiting 18 other California cities since June 19, the nurses will wrap up this run with a bang and with clarity. Three of the subjects of Michael Moore’s 2007 documentary film SiCKO will be on hand to help lead others in sharing their stories of struggle and frustration with the broken healthcare system.
SiCKO Healthcare Blog
Why Not Healthcare for the World? Get On the Bus
After spending the past month on the California Nurses Association Medicare for all bus tour in California, I am more confident than ever about the prospects of winning guaranteed healthcare for all under an improved Medicare model. Cradle to grave. For life. In California. Everywhere. By Donna Smith
Medicare for All Blog
Annual fashion show keeps Nataline Sarkisyan's story alive
They weep still for their blue-eyed Nataline. Their tears flow for what they remember: Their daughter in her room, the pink walls decorated with posters of the Jonas Brothers. They see her there sketching in a notebook the dresses and blouses and jackets she would one day like to design.
Nataline Sarkisyan died in a UCLA hospital bed on Dec. 20, 2007. She was 17. Her story drew nationwide attention because the liver transplant she needed was denied by her family's health insurer, CIGNA.
Contra Costa Times
CA Nurses Highlight Ongoing Healthcare Crisis with Free Health Screenings, Town Hall Meetings
County stats show dire need for healthcare overhaul—30% of LA County adults uninsured, 18% of adults unable to see a doctor due to cost
CNA Press Release
Jul 11, 2012