RN4MERCY

RN4MERCY

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  1. Wasted premium dollars.....1.4 million a day on lobbying

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :angryfire This is appalling. Especially when you stop to think of it this way: the greedy profit mark-ups on prescription drugs is going towards PhARMA's campaign against meaningful reform. Our...

  2. Unions. What do they do for us?

    RN4MERCY replied to diane227's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Excuse me, but as professional employees who have a fiduciary duty to advocate in the exclusive interests of the patients we care for, we should organize into RN unions, like NNOC/CNA and approach...

  3. Obama's health plan takes shape

    RN4MERCY replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, let me get this straight. You seem to be implying, rather onerously, that lack of access to health care should be part of the punishment doled out to a young person who makes a "bad choice."...

  4. Obama's health plan takes shape

    RN4MERCY replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow, your remarks sound rather mean-spirited and off topic. Why wouldn't you want children, or anyone for that matter to have healthcare security? Is not the hypothetical 14 year old you mentioned...

  5. Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage

    RN4MERCY replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We don't have a healthcare system in this country, we have a healthcare industry that's designed to avoid and/or take advantage of sick people. Shamefully, the United States has one of the most...

  6. Englewood Hospital & Medical Center Locks Out Nurses

    RN4MERCY replied to Dalton's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I've seen and heard a few others make statements like that and I'd be interested if you could elaborate on your reasoning. I disagree with you on several points, but I'm open to hearing more about...

  7. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    RN4MERCY replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't understand your point, I guess. We voted for change in this country and that doesn't mean we can rest. There are those with money, power, and privilege who craft laws for their own selfish...

  8. Single-payer advocates disrupt Senate Finance Committee.

    RN4MERCY replied to GCTMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hope everyone will forward this and invite their peers, family, and friends to watch it; then, let's keep the discussion going. The personal is political; profit has no place in health care. The...

  9. Frank Luntz warns GOP: Health reform is popular

    RN4MERCY replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Talk about flying BS, what do you think about Sen. "mad" Max Baucus (D. Montana)? He's all about bringing the gavel down on guaranteed health care. He had a physician arrested during the Senate...

  10. Single-payer advocates disrupt Senate Finance Committee.

    RN4MERCY replied to GCTMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We pay for your clean water, your public libraries, your public school system, your streets, parks, sidewalks, and your police and fire protection. Why should healthcare be any different? Did you...

  11. Obama's Health Care plan. Is it a stepping stone to H.R 676, or a road to nowhere?

    RN4MERCY replied to GCTMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    He ought to know that you can't legislate repentence from the sin of greed. The insurers' and their legislative handmaidens' love of money is the root of all the evil. They heartlessly deny medically...

  12. Obama's Health Care plan. Is it a stepping stone to H.R 676, or a road to nowhere?

    RN4MERCY replied to GCTMT's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I haven't heard much talk of this lately, but my hope is that the new Congress will act to repeal Part D. Making a super profit from the sale of medically necessary prescription meds is just plain...

  13. The real show was outdoors - what the White House Forum on Healthcare left out

    RN4MERCY replied to NurseJanIAm's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :icon_rollAmerica is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government,...

  14. The Great American Hospital Organizing Campaign has begun!

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The only scary thing to me is the politicians who seem to have been bought off with insurance and drug company money. The status quo is good for them and they'd rather people fight about whether...

  15. The Great American Hospital Organizing Campaign has begun!

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The physician groups were lodging complaints against each other...? I guess I misunderstood the part where you said good luck finding doctors when we have medicare for all...the way I read it, it...

  16. The Great American Hospital Organizing Campaign has begun!

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    So, what's wrong with organizing and demanding reinvestment in public health care, fair compensation for services, public accountability, and equitable access to care? What's wrong with replacing...

  17. union pro or con

    RN4MERCY replied to mark3274's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm not sure I understand what you believe are the downsides to union membership. Unions represent workers for the purposes of collective bargaining. A team of union members negotiates with...

  18. The real show was outdoors - what the White House Forum on Healthcare left out

    RN4MERCY replied to NurseJanIAm's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks, herring, for posting this link. I watched and heard a lot of thoughtful and articulate people make brief speeches in support of Single Payer health care. One of the speakers was Geri...

  19. The real show was outdoors - what the White House Forum on Healthcare left out

    RN4MERCY replied to NurseJanIAm's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    yeah, it was a great rally. one report estimated that there were a thousand of us out there. what the white house forum left out was the needs of "we, the people." i don't know that we should've...

  20. union pro or con

    RN4MERCY replied to mark3274's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You sound like you have a lot of experience and it's unfortunate that so many employers don't respect their workers. Belonging to a union helps protect workers from unfair labor practices, and...

  21. union pro or con

    RN4MERCY replied to mark3274's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The union hospital "took your money"? and "allowed incompetent nurses to continue to practice"? "Unions breed mediocrity? I don't think so. That just doesn't make sense to me. Why would the...

  22. union pro or con

    RN4MERCY replied to mark3274's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    In terms of the ACLS-speak analogy, union pro or con, I believe organizing and affiliating with California Nurses Association/NNOC is definitely a Class I treatment modality. Therapeutic and...

  23. union pro or con

    RN4MERCY replied to mark3274's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Too easily...marketing and advertising. Pay to play. Fortune's 100 Best, that's the advertising vehicle they chose. Solucient 100..., Top 100 Hospitals..., 100 Top Hospitals...and the list goes on....

  24. union pro or con

    RN4MERCY replied to mark3274's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It makes perfect sense. If you're not healthy, you can't work. According to Professor Michael Yates, I happen to agree with him. If you don't, go out and enjoy your eight hour day, your lunch...

  25. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    RN4MERCY replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The thread is titled, "10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care." I believe reason number 2 is listed at the beginning of the thread--'It costs less and saves money'. I think it's perfectly...