Pass the Barf Bag: Hospital CEO gets 6-figure payout amid bankruptcy filing
Thanks to the Minnesota Nurses Association for this post and link on their Facebook page: Pass the barf bag: Hospital CEOs at “Nonprofit” Hospitals in the Midwest make an average of $481,000 in total pay. And when a N.J. hospital goes broke, the CEO gets […]
“This Is An Unsafe Place to Work and Management is Aware.” Insufficient Staffing May Be Factor In Patient Deaths
WGAL Channel 8 in Pennsylvania reported today that: The state Health Department released a report on Carlisle Regional Medical Center that states insufficient staffing may have contributed to the deaths of two patients in June. One died after the patient stopped breathing during a CT […]
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid belong to you. Say “NO” to cuts.
Tell Congress: No Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid Call Your Senators – National Call-In Days: July 14-15 As part of the negotiations to raise the national debt ceiling, Wall Street-funded politicians in Congress and the White House are proposing significant cuts to Social […]
Stories from Main Street: “That could be me…
National Nurses United Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro recently called on RNs nationwide to share stories about how the economic crisis is impacting their lives at home, and in their hospitals and communities. Their heartfelt responses were deeply moving, some of which can be read on […]
Nurses Take On Wall Street
NNU’s Historic March on Wall Street More than a thousand RNs and other activists marched on Wall Street Wednesday, chanting “Wall Street got bailed out! We got sold out!” They stood on the steps of Federal Hall across from the New York Stock Exchange and […]
Why Should an Insurance Company Exec Earn $13.5 Million a Year?
Donna Smith, a community organizer for National Nurses United, wrote the following for the Common Dreams blog: Guarding Health is Not Their Business, But It is Ours By Donna Smith If for one moment anyone has the notion that for-profit health insurance companies are in […]
What Are You Waiting For? Support the American Health Security Act.
Hundreds of people recently waited in line overnight in the bitter cold to receive health care. From the elderly, to students, to women who hadn’t seen a doctor in years; All lined up to receive healthcare from Remote Area Medical (RAM). And many of the […]
Nurses Support American Health Security Act of 2011
On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., EDT, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA), held a joint news conference at the Senate Swamp to announce the introduction of the American Health Security Act of 2011 (the Act). The Act establishes a […]
15 Interesting Facts About For-Profit Hospitals
If you haven’t spent much time in the hospital, you’ve probably never thought about the difference between non-profit and for-profit facilities. Yet for those in the health care industry, and who have medical conditions that need constant care and the larger community, the difference between […]