Protesters Take On Conservative Retreat
An invitation-only political retreat for rich conservatives, run out of the spotlight for years by a pair of Kansas billionaires, became a public rallying point for liberal outrage on Sunday, as 11 busloads of protesters converged on a resort in the Southern California desert.
New York Times
California Insurers Deny 26% of All Claims, State's 7 Largest Rejected 67.5 Million Since '02
Despite the passage of national healthcare reform and widespread uproar in California over insurance industry pricing practices and other abuses, California’s largest private insurance companies continue to deny more than one-fourth of all claims, according to new findings released today by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
Press Release
Jan 31, 2011
Patients and RNs to March on Blue Shield HQ to Protest Rate Hike Outrage
(SAN FRANCISCO) California patients hurt by Blue Shield’s efforts to sharply hike rates will join members of the California Nurses Association and local healthcare advocates at a major protest against Blue Shield’s actions.
Press Release
Jan 28, 2011
Hundreds To Protest as Billionaires Gather to Plan 2011-2 National Political Agenda in Palm Springs
Rancho Mirage: Led by the Courage Campaign, Common Cause and the California Nurses Association, a diverse coalition of good government advocates will gather in Rancho Mirage, CA on Sunday, January 30 to protest a gathering convened by the Koch Brothers, secretive far-right billionaires whose corporate agenda has brought harm to America’s economy and undermined the middle class.
Press Release
Jan 28, 2011
Nurses Blast Obama Administration Decision to Stop Requiring Employers to Report Back Injuries
The nation’s largest union and professional association of nurses today sharply criticized a decision by the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday to withdraw a rule requiring employers to report musculoskeletal injuries to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Press Release
Jan 26, 2011
RN Hero Mandi Howard on her Haiti experience and the USS Iwo Jima
When I first got the call from RNRN that I was going on a US Navy ship to participate in Continuing Promise 2010 I was so excited and I have to say that excitement lasted the whole trip! Working with the military and living aboard the USS Iwo Jima was a great experience that I will never forget.
RNRN Blog
NNU Launches Video Ad Campaign Calling on Obama to “Stand Up†for Retirement Security
The nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses today launched an online advertising buy to promote a web video calling on President Obama to “stand up†to corporate interests and for the millions of voters who elected him, especially in the face of calls for him to undermine Social Security and Medicare as Tuesday’s State of the Union approaches.
Press Release
Jan 24, 2011
Obama's Social Security Talk Is Turning Voters Off, Pollsters Say
President Barack Obama's apparent willingness to consider cuts in Social Security benefits may be winning him points with Washington elites, but it's killing him with voters, who see the program as inviolate and may start to wonder what the Democratic Party stands for, if not for Social Security.
Huffington Post
Top 10 Reasons Why the Health Repeal Vote is Inane
At a time when so many Americans continue to fall through the gaping holes in our healthcare system, it's hard to imagine a more dysfunctional debate in Washington than the charade this week over the Republican effort to repeal President Obama's healthcare law.
Huffington Post
Instead of Repealing Health 'Reform,' Congress Should Reform the 'Reform' to Make it Stronger
Survey research suggests that, while Americans are overwhelmingly supportive of health-care reform, they are not sure the reform cobbled together by President Obama and the last Congress is the proper fix. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, the country is divided three ways 33 percent for complete repeal of the measure adopted last year, 35 percent for partial repeal and 30 percent for no repeal.
The Nation