Newly Formed 150,000-Strong Nurses' Union Pushes for Single-Payer Healthcare

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman, Geri Jenkins | Mar. 11, 2009 (Special Report)

(Video) Three of the country’s top organizations of direct care registered nurses have come together to form a new national nurses’ union that is advocating for a single-payer national health insurance program. The new union unifies the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association into a 150,000-member association, making it the largest registered nurses union in US history. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 11, 2009 - 5:14 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 12, 2009

The interview looks at the Obama administration and the big corporate press seeming to shut out the option of single payer healthcare, even though it is the preferred option of the public. Proponents of single payer are interviewed.

The insurance industry seems to be having sway, apparently linked to campaign contributions and lobbying. Where are the politicians doing the will of the voters? Another reason for publicly financed elections.

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 by Kevin Barry - Mar. 12, 2009

This transcript covers the advocacy of a recently formed union of nurses pushing for a single-payer healthcare system (as they mention, like Medicare, for everyone). It makes an interesting case for single-payer, but lacks detail on its benefit (i.e. more detail would have been beneficial on the claim of how it would create 2.6 million new jobs). Also, being an interview with a proponent of single-payer, it focuses on the pro- side, and doesn't really get into alternative viewpoints. Still, an overall interesting read on the topic.

I do agree with the concept that we should have universally available healthcare for all, with limitations (meaning if you don't take care of yourself decently, you should have more responsibility in footing the bill). To me, the concept of how to deal with preventable ailments never gets considered - it's either cover everything, or cover nothing.

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