RN4MERCY

RN4MERCY

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  1. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :twocents:Well, what I'm seeing is that they've owned up and paid up. I can respect that. The system does work if we're vigilant and empower rather than marginalize, silence, and fire...

  2. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I couldn't agree more and the fact that the US Treasury Dept. was unprepared to monitor and track the bailout funds is now, in hindsight, the subject of an intense investigation by Obama's transition...

  3. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, the legislators who hastily passed the bank bailout are pounding their chests and demanding accountability. The deregulation and lack of oversight that occurred during the past 8 years came home...

  4. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Because we're going to commit to being more vigilant. If we unite collectively and repeatedly drive our message home and refuse to allow our interests to be hijacked, we can change things. We took...

  5. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    well, i think we should look at ethics. yes, there are individuals who cheat the government, but it's not the government, "we the people," who set out to cheat anyone. we can deal with the few...

  6. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, what are we to do? Where's the accountability? It's at the voting booth. It's our government, our health care, and most of us are fighting to regain control of it. We had an election, remember,...

  7. union pro or con

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

    So, the question is, "union pro or con." And your response just doesn't make any sense to me. Oh, I get the fact that you're anti-union alright. But you're trying to taint the whole labor movement...

  8. union pro or con

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

    thanks advocate for shinning a light on these corporate leeches. the public and our patients deserve to know the truth about why greed is a threat to their health, about why hca nurses are organizing...

  9. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    RN4MERCY replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You're right. And therein lies the problem. If health care is treated like a "commodity", like plasma TV's and Cadillacs, only people with money can go shopping for them and purchase them. 47...

  10. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    RN4MERCY replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Support for a Canadian style single payer plan is growing in our country. The good news is that they are using computer technology in a way that benefits the public, to manage and reduce waiting...

  11. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Patrick, I was hoping you would clarify and defend what ever point you were trying to make. Most of the Catholics and Methodists I've shared life's journey with are charitable and kind. But if you'd...

  12. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Patrick, So you agree corruption is shameful. But please, you should be more careful and stop to think about what you're saying. Your imply that the whole "government" of the state of Illinois is...

  13. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks, Jolie. That brings up another topic, "clean money" and public financing of political campaigns. Very often, good people without access to big money (or without tons of money on their own),...

  14. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good for you! Jolie, you sound like a really compassionate person. It's really wonderful that you are as sure as you can be that not a dime is lost to administrative overhead and corruption. Vigilance...

  15. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Patrick, Small, central government? Hard decisions? Because you earn more money do you have the right to more justice? Should we create a parallel judicial system for the rich? We should have only...

  16. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course, be generous. However, generosity, like love, can't be compelled. But public health and safety infrastructures require consistent and reliable funding for support together with public...

  17. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    RN4MERCY replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Spot on, David! No human being can thrive when isolated from others. Everyone's life has value and meaning. As I was reading your response to our fellow blogger, I hope your compassion doesn't fall...

  18. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    RN4MERCY replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    jsrRN, Thank you for posting Rose Ann DeMoro's wonderful essay on Allnurses! It should prompt our collective conscience to reflect on who we are as a people and take action to create a health care...

  19. Judge: Audubon managers broke labor law on nurses union vote

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

  20. union pro or con

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

    Definitely "Pro" union, with the caveat, that the union is both a professional association and a labor organization. I am a member of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing...

  21. A universal single-payer, not-for-profit healthcare system could help lift tens of mi

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I awake to the news today that our auto manufacturers are closing for a day, "to save money," as they await bankruptcy restructuring or a "bail-out" loan. The workers are being forced to stay home...

  22. Ten Reasons Why American Health Care Is so Bad

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree. The most important reason why American health care is so dysfunctional, is that we have lacked the political will to fix it; until now. I think this is our time as a nation, as individuals,...

  23. Ten Reasons Why American Health Care Is so Bad

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    just_cause, Here is 46's comment regarding whether or not we should be bailing out automakers who produce a commodity, an SUV, for instance, as opposed to providing health care for children. "How...

  24. Ten Reasons Why American Health Care Is so Bad

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :typingI agree that it's all well and good to have the discussion, only insofar as we can come together, and build the movement and work actively and collectively in support of single payer health...

  25. Ten Reasons Why American Health Care Is so Bad

    RN4MERCY replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :confused:Say what? It wasn't confusing to me. Pssst! If 46 wanted to somehow infer something negative about Governor Palin of Alaska, the sport is HOCKEY; and without a reference to lipstick, the...