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GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE ROCKS!

SHARE OUR NEW “SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK!” INSPIRED VIDEO EXPOSING INSURANCE “MIDDLEMAN” TODAY! Today we join with California Nurses Association and Musicians Local 47 to launch our first in a series of “Schoolhouse Rock!” inspired music videos created by a Los Angeles musician, Clifford Tasner, in support […]

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Minnesota Nurses Buy and Forgive $2.6 million of Medical Debt

Nurses Repay Community for Help During Strike For Immediate Release Contact: Rick Fuentes (o) 651-414-2863 (c) 612-741-0662 rick.fuentes@mnnurses.orgBarbara Brady (o) 651-414-2849 (c) 651-202-0845 barbara.brady@mnnurses.org (St. Paul) – June 19, 2017 – Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association purchased the past due accounts of 1,800 families […]

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CEO of $200 million dollar a year company weighs in on Medicare for All

Check out a business argument for Medicare for All! Richard Masters is CEO of a $200 million a year company and has self-financed documentaries making a business case guaranteed healthcare. In a recent interview he says, “Why aren’t more corporations signing on to it? Why […]

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1 VW Bus. 2 Guys. 50 States. 1 Million Dreams.

WHAT IS OOLA? Oola-la … that’s what life feels like when you’re in the sweet spot, when your life is balanced, and growing in the 7 key areas of health and well-being (the 7 F’s of Oola): fitness, finance, family, field (career), faith, friends and […]

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‘How Long Have I Got, Doc?’ Why Many Cancer Patients Don’t Have Answers

Re-posted from Kaiser Health News – khn.org | By Liz Szabo In the past four years, Bruce Mead-e has undergone two major surgeries, multiple rounds of radiation and chemotherapy to treat his lung cancer. Yet in all that time, doctors never told him or his […]

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How much do you know about Medicaid?

We have an expert with us, Alex Lawson the Executive Director of Social Security Works. For over 50 years, Medicaid has provided vital health insurance protections to seniors in nursing homes and low-income Americans of all ages. Although the majority of Medicaid beneficiaries are children […]

Secrets Of A Baby Nurse

Author and RN Marsha Podd talks about how to say “NO” to your baby. How and when do you start saying NO to baby? RN and author of “Secrets of a Baby Nurse”, Marsha Podd is with us today. Parents you won’t want to miss […]

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California Could Be The First To Pass Single Payer Legislation

Here’s a statistic for you. The CEO of United Healthcare Stephen Hemsley makes $10,597.00 an hour or $177.00 a minute. In 2015 his compensation was 66 million but that did not include the sale of stock–which brought the total compensation to 102 million. It’s time […]

Simple. Safe RN Staffing Saves Lives.

Many Americans may be surprised to know that California is the only state in the country with mandatory limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned at one time. The regulations were enacted in 2004, after nurses with the California Nurses Association/National […]