Public, Nurses, Doctors, Most Delegates Agree: We Need Single-Payer,
'Medicare for All' Now
DENVER, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the face of a healthcare
crisis that is forcing our nation into recession, leading 79 million
Americans to have trouble paying their medical bills, and causing the
premature and unnecessary deaths of 101,000 Americans every year, a broad
coalition of activists will be working at the upcoming Democratic
convention to build support for healthcare reform.
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee,
AFL-CIO (CNA/NNOC), together with the Progressive Democrats of America
(PDA), will lobby on the floor, table, network, and hold events to build
support for HR 676 (Conyers) and its promise of guaranteed healthcare on
the single-payer model that is succeeding in nearly every other
industrialized democracy. RN co-presidents of CNA/NNOC are available for
interviews, and the convention will be covered on the Guaranteed Healthcare
Blog (http://www.GuaranteedHealthcare.org/blog).
Events include:
* Saturday, August 23, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
Screening of SiCKO, moderated by SiCKO star and CNA/NNOC
spokesperson Donna Smith
Location: Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St.
* Sunday, August 24, 5:00 p.m.
Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of CNA/NNOC will join The
Nation in honoring leaders from the civil rights movement.
Location: The Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballrooms
* Monday, August 25, 1:00 p.m.
The Progressive Democrats of America will host a panel on
"Healthcare, AIDS, and Africa," that will feature CNA/NNOC leader
Marilyn Albert, RN, and spokesperson Donna Smith.
Location: "Progressive Central," 1660 Sherman St.
* Tuesday, August 26, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
CNA/NNOC, PDA, and labor leaders will honor the members of the
HR 676 Congressional Caucus, and "Healthcare hero" candidates;
music by Poncho Sanchez, the King of Latin Jazz.
Location: The Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballrooms
Representing 80,000 RNs in 50 states, the California Nurses
Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee is the largest and
fastest- growing association of direct-care RNs in the nation. Learn more
at http://www.calnurses.org
SOURCE California Nurses Association
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Related links:
http://www.calnurses.org
CONTACT:
Chuck Idelson, +1-415-559-8991, or Liz
Jacobs, +1-510-273-2232, both for California Nurses Association
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