Sen. Baucus recently held a series of roundtable discussions about health care reform over the last few weeks, and SEIU caregivers and leaders were there. Read more
I just barely made it to the White House on time and joined my colleagues in the East Room of the White House. The fact that I was asked to be here, as a nurse and a working class American, filled my heart with a pride I can’t explain. Read more
I was on my way to the White House to talk about health care reform at the first ever town hall meeting with Pres. Barack Obama when my car broke down. A kind woman who has had her own struggles with health care offered me a ride and asked me to carry her story with me. Read more
A new report on healthcare costs released last week is underscoring the urgency to reform healthcare. According to the consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, employers’ healthcare costs will increase by 9 percent next year. That means more Pennsylvania businesses struggling to compete and stay viable. And it means even higher premiums, deductibles, and co-pays for working families.
Thousands of people poured out of buses in Washington, DC on June 25th to rally for health care reform and lobby their legislators to support a strong public health insurance option.
