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Hope for real reform?

Posted by Nurse Advocate on January 5, 2009 - 1:59pm

There is finally real potential for health care reform. With the election of Barack Obama and now his appointment of former Senator Tom Daschle to head Health and Human Services and the announcement of Hilda Solis to head the Labor Dept, real reform may be on the way.

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    June 19, 2008, Americans across the nation demonstrated in favor of guaranteed healthcare and in protest of AHIP — America’s Health Insurance Plans — the insurance industry lobbyists who profit from pain. Their annual convention was met today by thousands of protestors onsite in San Francisco and simultaneously in cities across the nation.  Watch the video and share it with others. PLEASE COMMENT AND SHARE THIS VIDEO WITH FRIENDS!
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89 yr-old disabled stroke survivor being threatened with JAIL by nursing home

Merle
PA
Heathcare Status: Employer Insured

Healthcare reform needed: Bizarre situation unfolding in Allegheny County PA --

My mother Merle Kuznik, who is an 89 year-old, partially paralyzed stroke survivor, is being threatened with JAIL for contempt of court because she has not sent in enough documentation on a Medicaid application to satisfy the nursing home she recently left.

Submitted on January 10, 2008 - 3:12am.

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Come Back Tomorrow When His Heart Has Actually Stopped

Linda
Petaluma, CA
Heathcare Status: Self-Insured

I drove my 54-year old husband to the ER on a Saturday. He had extreme chest pain, an ashen complexion, and couldn't make it up our back four steps without stopping to rest. When we got there, he was put in a bed, and the doctor hooked him up to an EKG/heart monitor.

Submitted on January 20, 2008 - 8:17pm.

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