Nurses to Lead Irvine Rally Thursday Against Cuts in Medicare, Social Security
More than 100 registered nurses, joined by community activists in Orange County, will hold a noon speak out and rally Thursday in Irvine to call on Congress and the White House to stop any cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid.
Press Release
Jul 20, 2011
Nurses seek financial transaction tax
By: Deborah Burger | Is tone deaf the new norm in Washington? Republicans insist on cuts to the bone in basic services while rejecting even modest revenue increases. The president floats proposals to increase the eligibility age for Medicare 65 to 67 along with reductions in Social Security.
San Francisco Chronicle OpEd
The Corporate Supreme Court
Five Supreme Court Justices--Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Kennedy are entrenching, in a whirlwind of judicial dictates, judicial legislating and sheer ideological judgments, a mega-corporate supremacy over the rights and remedies of individuals.
In The Public Interest
‘Let ‘Em Eat Peas’ Can Be the Modern Age Elitist Mantra
It has been a challenging week for many people. While our elected officials have been broadly reported to be at odds about exactly how to raise the debt ceiling or not, millions of Americans have no work, are running out of ways to keep their homes – rented or owned, and struggle even to keep the basic necessities for themselves and their families.
Blog
Study Bolsters Case for Pending Legislation to Set Safe Patient Limits in Massachusetts
New Study Adds to Evidence on Success of California’s RN-Patient Staffing Law to Improve Nursing, Patient Care
Massachusetts Nurses Association Press Release
Jul 14, 2011
New Study Adds to Evidence—California’s RN-Patient Ratios Law Improves Nursing, Patient Care
Another major study has reinforced a growing body of evidence that California’s landmark law requiring minimum, specific nurse-to-patient staffing ratios enhances registered nurse staffing and the quality of patient care.
Press Release
Jul 14, 2011
Soup kitchen' makes a statement to Gov. Snyder
George Gray sells his blood every week so he can afford a bus pass or buy shaving cream. Unemployed and homeless for two years, the 57-year-old also is no stranger to soup kitchens.
Lansing State Journal
Who's Your Doctor's Daddy?
...when a recent report came out about insurance companies buying up physician groups and providers in increasing numbers, I wasn’t very surprised.
Blog
Nurses hold "Governor Snyder's 'No Soup For You' Kitchen in Protest of Budget Cuts
Nurses representing the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) served chicken noodle soup, sandwiches and cookies on the Capital lawn today as a part of “Governor Snyder’s ‘No Soup for You’ Kitchen.â€
Press Release
Jul 13, 2011
Nurses Urge Congress to Stop Cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
Nurses across the U.S. plan to flood members of the Senate Thursday and Friday with calls demanding they hold the line and oppose cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid that have been proposed during the current negotiations over the debt ceiling debate.
Press Release
Jul 12, 2011