National Nurses United PAC: Fund for a Healthy America
Caring, compassion, and community — These are the values at the heart of registered nursing. This is true at the bedside, as nurses advocate for patients and families — and also beyond the walls of the hospital in our communities. RNs call for safe staffing in our nation’s hospitals; high-quality, guaranteed healthcare for all; workers’ rights; and environmental, racial, and economic justice in the name of public health.
National Nurses United, which represents more than 175,000 nurses nation-wide, seeks to uphold that positive vision for the health of this country by supporting federal policies and candidates who champion nurses’ values of caring, compassion, and community, and who stand with us for our patients and our communities. We do this in part through the National Nurses United Fund for a Healthy America, a non-partisan political action committee.
Voluntary contributions to the fund are one way we advocate for our values in government, at the ballot box, and in our communities. Please become a monthly contributor to NNU’s Fund for a Healthy America today.
NNU’s Fund for a Healthy America supports candidates who champion the issues that matter most to RNs:
- Mandatory, federal nurse-to-patient ratios. Study after study shows a direct link between safe RN staffing levels and patient outcomes. Nurses want to ensure our patients receive quality, therapeutic care.
- Medicare for All. Too many Americans remain priced out of access to necessary healthcare. RNs want improved, expanded Medicare for All so that everyone gets the healthcare they need.
- Protecting VA nurses and patients. The VA Employee Fairness Act enables VA nurses to be powerful patient advocates, and allows them to collectively bargain for better wages and working conditions.
- Holding Wall Street accountable. Nurses are demanding Wall Street pay its fair share. With a small tax on stock market speculation, we can pay for healthcare, free college tuition, good jobs, ending AIDS, real action against the climate crisis, and other basic needs.
- Standing up for justice in the name of public health. Protecting workers, addressing workplace violence, taking on systemic racism, defending public health, stopping climate change, and working for economic justice. Champion nurses’ values and stand up for our patients and our communities.
If you prefer to contribute by mail, download the printable form, and send with a check to:
NNU Fund for a Healthy America
8455 Colesville Rd, Suite 1100
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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I understand that, should I choose to donate, my contributions will be used for political purposes, including the support of candidates for federal, state, and local office, in order to advance the interests of patients, healthcare providers, working families, and the labor movement. I also understand that contributions to the National Nurses United PAC: Fund for a Healthy America are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. I understand that I have the right to refuse to contribute without reprisal, that the guideline amounts listed above are merely suggestions, and that NNU will not favor or disadvantage anyone by reason of the amount of their contribution or their decision not to contribute.