Single Payer Healthcare Is Not Pie In The Sky
Executive Director Of Minnesota Nurses Association, Rose Roach gives the best explanation of what a Single Payer Healthcare System is. It starts with “people over profits”. Listen to this short, powerful, achievable solution.
When I’m 64! What to do about Medicare
“Will you still need me when I’m 64”? Nurse Talk’s Healthcare In America Reporter, Donna Smith gives us the basics about how and when to sign up for Medicare. Fun fact: every day there are 10,000 ‘baby boomers’ turning 65! You know who you are!! […]
National Nurses United Endorses Senator Bernie Sanders for President
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, as RNs call for environmental, racial, and economic justice in the name of public health. National Nurses United, which represents some 190,000 nurses nationwide, seeks to uphold that positive vision for the health of this country by endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders for president. #nurses4bernie http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/site/entry/vote-nurses-values
Our Nation Needs This Balm as Single-Payer Action Surges Forward
Over the past few days, more than 700 people from all over the country came together for the annual single-payer strategy conference. This year, we were in Chicago, my hometown, Of course we shared ideas, successes, concerns, and knowledge about the kind of healthcare reform that might truly give us the best healthcare system in the world through an improved Medicare for all for life model. Read all of Donna Smith’s blog click here http://donnasicko.blogspot.com/2015/11/our-nation-needs-this-balm-as-single.html
Insurers using lobbying muscle, campaign cash to push mergers
The CEOs of Aetna and Anthem, the two big insurers that have offered to pay more than $90 billion to buy two competitors, Humana and Cigna, will testify before a Senate panel Tuesday, in an effort to persuade lawmakers that the deals will be good for […]
Sarah de Guia, JD : Executive Director for California Pan Ethnic Health Network
People who have limited English proficiency need to be able to take medications safely As healthcare for California’s diverse population becomes increasingly accessible through Covered California, it is more critical than ever to ensure that all patients receive culturally competent care. According to the 2010 […]
Healthcare In America update with Donna Smith
Really? A $700 saw blade on her hospital bill? And open enrollment –what you need to know.
DeAnn McEwen, RN and Nursing Practice, Health and Safety Specialist, National Nurses United
High Drug Prices Are Killing Americans
Democratic candidate for President, US Senator from Vermont All across the country, Americans are finding that the prices of the prescription drugs they need are soaring. Tragically, doctors tell us that many of their patients can no longer afford their medicine. As a result, some […]
