The Responsibility of Mentorship
We’ve had some interesting discussions on Facebook about the generation gap between nurses and how it can get in the way of teamwork as well as questions about the kinds of important things nursing school can’t teach. We love Janet Izzo’s newest article for Nursetogether.com, […]
More from last Wednesday’s Senate Health Committee vote
Read California Healthline’s roundup of last Wednesday’s successful vote on SB 810: Friday, May 06, 2011 Senate Health Committee Moves Single-Payer Bill by David Gorn Many dozens of single-payer supporters crammed the Senate Committee on Health chambers on Wednesday for hearing on a bill that […]
SB 810 Passes Senate Health Committee
Facing possible extinction for the first time in four years, the single payer bill SB 810 pulled through, passing the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday on a 5-3 vote, state Sen. Mark Leno’s office reported. Up until a couple of days ago, committee chair Sen. […]
Hernandez To Vote “Yes” on SB 810
The California Nurses Association is reporting that State Sen. Ed Hernandez has decided to vote in favor of SB 810 at tomorrow’s Senate Health Committee hearing. Up until now, Hernandez, the committee’s chair, had been undecided. This is terrific news. Obviously, the efforts from single […]
Join Tufts One-Day Strike for Safe Patient Care : May 6, 2011
Nurses and Supporters of Nurses Join the Nurses of Tufts Medical Center and St. Vincent Hospital As they Conduct a One-Day Strike for Safe Patient Care on May 6 WHEN: National Nurses Day, Friday, May 6, 2011 Nurses at both hospitals begin their 24-hour strike […]
California State Senators Urged to Back SB 810
Pressure is building on two Democratic state Senators on the Senate Health Committee to get them to change their minds on the single payer health care bill, SB 810. The bill is scheduled for a hearing before the committee this Wednesday after being postponed from […]
Vermont Clears Another Hurdle; Is California’s SB 810 In Trouble?
It looks like California and Vermont could go on two different trajectories in America’s battle for healthcare equality. On Tuesday, the Vermont Senate approved by 21-9 health reform legislation that would create a single payer system in the state. Once the bill is reconciled by […]
California Single Payer Health Care Bill Needs Your Help
From our friends over at the California Nurses Association: Despite the failure of federal efforts to reform healthcare by expanding Medicare, California can still lead the way to genuine healthcare reform. Senate Bill 810 (Leno), the California Universal Health Care Act, is being considered in […]
Find out who the worse governor in the nation is…
Is it Arizona’s Jan Brewer for eliminating state funding for low-income Medicaid patients in need of organ transplants? Or Ohio’s John Kasich, Ex-Lehman Bros. exec., whose anti-union law bars public employees from bargaining for healthcare, staffing levels, sick leave and much more? Well, spin the […]