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  1. Largest Nurses Strike in US History - Replacement Nurses Arrive - Your opinion

    bigreddog1934 replied to girlvet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    yes, of course the global derivatives scheme, the utter deregulation of white collar crimes on an international scale that required trillions of dollars worldwide had nothing to do with this. yes...

  2. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    bigreddog1934 replied to Treat et Street's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The only rights we get depend on who is in power and who power represents. All sort of documents and publications come out in every country exclaiming rights that represent nothing other that the...

  3. A tear shed for nationalized medicine.

    bigreddog1934 replied to SilentMind's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    of course, that is except for the military and the two ongoing wars. oh, and

  4. Healthcare-NOW! 2009 National Strategy Conference

    bigreddog1934 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am headed to this in November. It is the most important patient advocacy of our times. Healthcare-NOW! is the coalition that has been staging sit - ins at insurance companies around the country....

  5. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i find that the people on this discussion that claim not to understand the dire need for universal health care are incredibly lazy with their research. it requires all of us advocating some form of...

  6. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I dont think the constitution guaranteed women's suffrage, an end to slavery, workplace safety protections, oversight into how safe our food is, an end to child labor, social security, or the ability...

  7. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You have to be kidding me. Have you read a page of US history? The entire reason that we have any standards of living at all is because there were labor struggles that nearly consumed the country -...

  8. Healthcare-NOW! 2009 National Strategy Conference

    bigreddog1934 replied to bigreddog1934's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, K98. At this point would you like me to do your research for you, or would you actually like to look outside of your personal experience and perceptions for information. Either one is fine with...

  9. Healthcare-NOW! 2009 National Strategy Conference

    bigreddog1934 replied to bigreddog1934's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "On the issue that has been perhaps the most pronounced flash point in the national debate, 57 percent of all Americans now favor a public insurance option, while 40 percent oppose it." - Washington...

  10. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Lack of funding has wrecked public education, K98, which is why public education in the richest communities is among the best in the world, and why people like yourself use the poorest and most...

  11. Healthcare-NOW! 2009 National Strategy Conference

    bigreddog1934 replied to bigreddog1934's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Where are you from GCTMT? I am north of Denver and helping to plan the civil disobedience action at an insurance company to be announced. This is just the start. It our civil rights movement and RNs...

  12. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I entire agree onekidney. The last hospital that I worked at was a "not for profit" where the CEO was making over $1.2 million dollars. Just because its called that does not mean that a section of...

  13. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    These are the results of a New England Journal of Medicine Study. Results In 1999, health administration costs totaled at least $294.3 billion in the United States, or $1,059 per capita, as compared...

  14. RN experience prior to ER triage?

    bigreddog1934 replied to RNBelle's topic in Emergency

    In my last job it was about two years before they started inching you into triage. Then you would be part of two nurses for a bit until you were the sole triage RN. There was also a class on triage...

  15. 4 month old baby denied insurance coverage for being obese

    bigreddog1934 replied to lovepink's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    why pick on this little guy? there are plenty of overweight senators that do not favor public health care that we could throw throw to the curb. i think a few fox news commentators would fit this...

  16. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have to quick things I want to say. First, I want to apologize to K98 to have been so callous about his insurance coverage dropping him. This isn't fair, but it also isn't fair to exepct everyone...

  17. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sorry, all this confirms to me is that you have not learned from your mistakes. and please dont equate me with the democratic party. i am a actual socialist, did not vote for obama, and believe that...

  18. Town Hall Meeting On Health Care In Denver

    bigreddog1934 posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Patient advocacy extends beyond the bedside. Get informed and lend your voice to the most pressing issue of our time. Network:Global Date:Saturday, October 17, 2009 Time:9:00am - 12:00pm...

  19. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    really? so would you want nurses and doctors to take care of you or would you like ceos to care for you? because, if pay is a measure of merit, the ceo of my insurance company actually makes more...

  20. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    how have we afforded the trillions for the wars in iraq and afganistan, the $500 billion defence budget, and the trillions we just gave to the finance industry? am i correct in assuming you have been...

  21. Health Care is a right

    bigreddog1934 replied to headsup's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i dont quite understand the logic that tells us that our government is not to be trusted with a role in health care, but is utterly trustworthy with the largest nuclear stockpile in the world. i am...

  22. Lutheran? Of C?

    bigreddog1934 posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    I was wondering if anyone knew anything about working at Lutheran of University of Colorado in Denver. I am heading out for a couple of interviews shortly and wanted to see if there was some general...

  23. Lutheran? Of C?

    bigreddog1934 replied to bigreddog1934's topic in Colorado Nursing

    it looks like we will probably be living in broomfield or louisville, somewhere in that area. my wife will be working as a teacher in boulder so we thought to split the difference in commute times. as...

  24. am i eligible to take the CEN?

    bigreddog1934 replied to chengzz_1110's topic in Emergency

    i took the cen at 16 months outside of school. the two years is a recommendation. it a tough test but passable with the right studying. drop me a line if you have any

  25. Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

    bigreddog1934 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    My friend at work found half a pancake under the