Nurses: Proposed Trump Budget Cuts Will Devastate Healthcare Programs and Harm Most Vulnerable Patients
National Nurses United today sharply criticized President Trump’s FY 2019 budget request as a broad attack on working people and the nation’s most vulnerable communities.
“After spending the last year working to enact tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, the President is now proposing to pay for those tax cuts by slashing programs that are necessary to the health and wellbeing of low and middle-income Americans,” said Jean Ross, RN, Co-President of NNU.
San Bernardino Nurses Vote by Overwhelming Majority to Ratify New Contract
San Bernardino County nurses voted by an overwhelming majority to approve a new 3.5 year contract agreement, which RNs say will stem the loss of experienced nurses to other hospitals in the region, and improve patient care conditions, the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today. The contractwill cover 1300 County nurses.
Dramatic Aetna Admission a Window Into Widespread Abuse of Patients in Insurance Claims Denials – RNs
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National Nurses United Applauds Introduction of Maryland Single-Payer Bill
National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, today applauded the introduction this week of Medicare-for-all, single-payer health care legislation in the Maryland General Assembly.
The Healthy Maryland Act of 2018 was introduced Monday by Sen. Paul Pinsky in the Senate, where the bill, SB 1002, will be heard March 7. Del. Erek Barron introduced the Healthy Maryland Act of 2008 in the House of Delegates last night.
California RN Dotty Nygard Talks About Why She's Running For Congress
Dotty Nygard is an ER nurse, former City Council Member, Patient Advocate, Mother and Grandmother and she is running for Congress to say enough is enough. She pledges: No more playing politics with our healthcare, our natural resources, our children’s education or our right to earn a living wage and support our families. If (when) Dotty is elected she will represent California’s Central Valley. To learn more about Dotty and how you can support her campaign visit www.dottynygardforcongress.com.
60-80% of Insurance Denials Overturned or Reversed When Taken to Independent Medical Review – New Data
Nurses Returning from Second Puerto Rico Mission Call Any Removal of FEMA Aid ‘Premature and Deadly’
Nurses Speakout Against Offshore Drilling in Santa Monica
Athena Watkins, RN, spoke against offshore drilling at a rally in Santa Monica Pier in early February. The rally was part of a series of statewide events, protesting the federal government’s plan to open up California coastal waters to new oil and gas drilling
San Francisco, Los Angeles and at least 25 other California communities have passed resolutions opposing new offshore drilling in the Pacific.
