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The nurses support HR 676, U.S. Rep. John Conyers' United States HealthInsurance Act, which would guarantee comprehensive, quality health care forevery American through a system like an expanded and improved Medicare forAll. Such "single-payer" systems are flourishing in nearly every otherindustrialized democracy... while every year 101,000 Americans lose theirlives prematurely because of the failings of our healthcare system.
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California Rep. Mark Leno and Illinois Rep. Mary Flowers will address therally about their state bills for guaranteed healthcare. They will be joinedby many of California's leading health activism groups, including theCalifornia Alliance of Retired Americans, Single-Payer Now, the UnitarianLegislative Ministry, Vote Health Alameda, Healthcare for All Marin,Healthcare for All South Bay, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition, and theSonoma Peace and Justice Coalition.
All events are part of CNA/NNOC's 2008 Staff Nurse Assembly. This year'stheme -- "RN Trailblazers" -- spotlights key individuals in the history ofnursing who have made the profession what it is today. One thousand RNactivists from around the country are converging on San Francisco for theAssembly to plan the next phase of patient advocacy with leaders in thenursing, labor, and political worlds.
Representing 80,000 RNs in 50 states, the California NursesAssociation/National Nurses Organizing Committee is the largest andfastest-growing association of direct-care RNs in the nation. Learn more athttp://www.calnurses.orgWHAT: 1000 RNs in Scrubs March and Rally for Healthcare DATE: Friday, September 26, 2008 WHEN: Bridge March: 12 Noon to 2 p.m. Crissy Field Healthcare Rally: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Bridge march starts on Marin side
SOURCE California Nurses Association
