Nurses Decry 'Cruel Ruse' of GOP Health Plan
Submitted by seachange on Sun, 2009-06-21 16:41.
Patient Care Will be Degraded by End of Health Coverage. National Nurses Organizing Committee, June 18, 2009 Oakland - Geri Jenkins, RN, co-President of the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association - which is America's RN Union - issued the following statement in reaction to the release of the GOP health proposal, and its attempts to strip employees of their employer-provided health coverage, and force them into the individual market through "consumer-directed" health savings accounts. While nurses, and many other medical professionals, criticize the failings of the health insurance market, and demand a move to a nonprofit single-payer ... Nurses
Fundamental Changes
While the immediate legislative health care battle focuses on the inclusion of a public option, a powerful grassroots movement is promoting a universal single payer system. Here is Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaking for "fundamental changes" in our health care system at the National RN Day of Action. - Portside Editor