NARH Nurses Vote to Authorize Strike

PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AT STAKE The registered nurses of the North Adams Regional Hospital (NARH) voted overwhelmingly July 19 to authorize their union leadership to call a strike if necessary... 

Diary of a Wimpy Health Care Bill

By Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director, National Nurses United – Passage of President Obama’s healthcare bill proves that Congress can enact comprehensive social legislation in the face of... 

Monday Night: Let’s Discuss the Health Bill

Join Healthcare-NOW! for a conference call exposing the last minute negotiations of the health care bill and the ramifications of the mandate to purchase private insurance when public programs like Medicaid... 

Nurses Blast 39% Anthem Blue Cross Rate Hike “Stronger Medicine Needed to End Insurance Abuses”

The nation’s largest union and professional organization of registered nurses, National Nurses United, today joined the national condemnation of Anthem Blue Cross for imposing rate hikes of up to 39... 

California Senate approves single-payer health care proposal despite governor’s veto pledge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate approved creating a government-run health care system for the nation’s most populous state on Thursday, ignoring a veto threat from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Supporters... 

Denial of Care Profits: $73 million for CIGNA’s retiring CEO

By National Nurses Movement - It’s hard for most of us to imagine a lifestyle supported by a $73 million retirement bonus. It’s even harder to imagine a whole nation’s healthcare controlled by those... 

Single Payer State Option Threatened in House

By Donna Smith - When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the healthcare bill she plans to bring to the floor Thursday, will it still have the amendment that allows individual states the option of bypassing... 

Why the Current Bills Don’t Solve Our Health Care Crisis

By Rose Ann DeMoro & Michael Moore - Now we know why they’ve stopped calling this health care reform, and started calling it insurance reform. The current bills advancing in Congress look more... 

Data Reveals California’s Private Insurers Deny 21% of Claims

From Democracy NOW! - President Obama begins his final drive for healthcare reform tonight with a nationally televised prime-time address to a joint session of Congress. His speech comes after an explosive... 

Let’s get back to what health care reform should be about

By Rose Ann DeMoro for the Cleveland Plain Dealer - From the fabricated “death panels” scares to the traumatized seniors urging legislators to keep the government’s hands “off my Medicare,” it’s... 

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