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... 

Healthcare Memo: Don’t Mourn, Escalate

By Deborah Burger, R.N., President of the California Nurses Assn. - There’s a fundamental lesson in collective bargaining that seems to have been lost on the White House, and those in Congress who... 

Baucus 13 Settle Charges

Legal charges against the “Baucus 13” were settled in a series of court hearings held earlier this week. The 13 were charged with disruption of congress after they attempted to speak on behalf of... 

Nurses and Doctors Call for “Florence Nightingale Day Protest,” May 12

Nurses and Doctors Call for “Florence Nightingale Day Protest” Against Max Baucus and Health Insurers: May 12 Baucus Again Calls Senate Finance Hearing Without Information on “The Nurses’ and Doctors’... 

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