National Nurses Movement Marches 'The Bridge to Healthcare' Across Golden Gate
Posted on: Monday, 22 September 2008, 12:00 CDT
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- One thousand registered nurses from the California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) will march the "Bridge to Healthcare" this Friday Sept. 26 at 12 noon, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge en route to a 2:30 p.m. Crissy Field rally demanding guaranteed healthcare for every American.
The nurses support HR 676, U.S. Rep. John Conyers' United States Health Insurance Act, which would guarantee comprehensive, quality health care for every American through a system like an expanded and improved Medicare for All. Such "single-payer" systems are flourishing in nearly every other industrialized democracy... while every year 101,000 Americans lose their lives prematurely because of the failings of our healthcare system.
WHAT: 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
California Rep. Mark Leno and Illinois Rep. Mary Flowers will address the rally about their state bills for guaranteed healthcare. They will be joined by many of California's leading health activism groups, including the California Alliance of Retired Americans, Single-Payer Now, the Unitarian Legislative Ministry, Vote Health Alameda, Healthcare for All Marin, Healthcare for All South Bay, Marin Peace and Justice Coalition, and the Sonoma Peace and Justice Coalition.
All events are part of CNA/NNOC's 2008 Staff Nurse Assembly. This year's theme -- "RN Trailblazers" -- spotlights key individuals in the history of nursing who have made the profession what it is today. One thousand RN activists from around the country are converging on San Francisco for the Assembly to plan the next phase of patient advocacy with leaders in the nursing, labor, and political worlds.
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/
California Nurses Association
CONTACT: Shum Preston, +1-510-273-2276, or Thomas Dewar,+1-510-385-4213, both of California Nurses Association
Web site: http://www.calnurses.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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