Medicare doesn’t cover many health-care expenses for low-income seniors
Helen Johnson gave a welcoming smile to the group of older men and women who had assembled at the senior center in the Maryland Eastern Shore town of Snow Hill on a recent evening. All of them were caregivers for spouses or parents with debilitating illnesses.
Washington Post
Social Security provides the majority of income for three-fifths of Americans age 65+
The average annual Social Security retirement benefit in 2009 was $13,406.40, slightly above the $10,289 federal poverty line for individuals age 65 and older, but less than the minimum wage.
Economic Policy Institute
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.
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