DN - EVERYONE wants SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE

March 11, 2009
Newly Formed 150,000-Strong Nurses' Union Pushes for Single-Payer Healthcare
Three of the countrys top organizations of direct care registered nurses have come together to form a new national nurses union that is advocating for a single-payer national health insurance program. The new union unifies the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association into a 150,000-member association, making it the largest registered nurses union in US history. We speak with Geri Jenkins, a registered nurse and co-president of the union.