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
Nurse members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania gathered in the State Capitol to stand with Representative Tim Solobay and other members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to call for legislation requiring safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals. Read more
Iowa Congressman Tom Latham and Wisconsin Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at easing the debt burden on nursing students and combating America's nursing shortage. 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.
