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Nurses Back Democrats’ Proposed Government-Run Health Care Plan
CNSNews ^ | 7/16/09 | Fred Lucas

Posted on 07/16/2009 1:39:42 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun

President Barack Obama on Wednesday added nurses to the list of lobby groups supporting a national health care overhaul.

The president made his remarks in the Rose Garden accompanied by nurses, as well as Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), on the day that a Senate committee released a companion bill to the House measure.

(Excerpt) Read more at ow.ly ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; ana; democrats; healthcare; nurses; obamacare; socializedmedicine; union
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To: anniegetyourgun

The percentages I have seen range from 10 percent (academic essay) to 16.5 percent (Reuters). The only source I have seen that puts the rate of nurse unionization at 20 percent is the SEIU, which I do not trust.


21 posted on 07/16/2009 2:21:03 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: secret garden

Yes, I meant “CNA, SEIU, etc.”


22 posted on 07/16/2009 2:21:32 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun

Let them eat beans!


23 posted on 07/16/2009 2:21:45 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: Seruzawa

Not this nurse! I wish they wouldnt try to speak for all of us!


24 posted on 07/16/2009 2:22:36 PM PDT by Texas4ever (God is in control!)
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To: swain_forkbeard
“These nurses know they don’t want their family’s healthcare in the hands of the government.”
And those union nurses know that they will be exempt from the bill, just like the auto workers unions and politicians.
And the idea that there is anything in this bill to compromise over is ridiculous, there is no such thing as “lesser communism” being a bargain.
25 posted on 07/16/2009 2:24:22 PM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 163)
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To: anniegetyourgun

Please do not think that RNs support this. They know better. It is the union leaders who are there with The One


26 posted on 07/16/2009 2:26:00 PM PDT by the long march
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To: anniegetyourgun

Nurses are really politcally stupid.


27 posted on 07/16/2009 2:27:11 PM PDT by Chickensoup ("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
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To: Chickensoup

Well....frankly, I question the intelligence of any degreed professional who leaves their terms of employment in the hands of some union lackey from downtown.


28 posted on 07/16/2009 2:28:51 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun

Not this Nurse!


29 posted on 07/16/2009 2:30:11 PM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: All

This is all orchestrated. The AMA comes out for the doctors and the politburo has a similar ceremony with nurses. Timing is easy to see here.


30 posted on 07/16/2009 2:30:34 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: anniegetyourgun

Yeah well the CNA is the California Nurses Association and SEIU does NOT represent RNs mostly it represents assistants and vocational ( practical) nurses


31 posted on 07/16/2009 2:33:42 PM PDT by the long march
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To: Chickensoup

Not true.


32 posted on 07/16/2009 2:34:46 PM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Luke21

The percentage of actual physicians who belong to the AMA is really small too. Most of them are too busy taking care of patients and trying to keep their businesses afloat for that self-important posturing.


33 posted on 07/16/2009 2:36:26 PM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: the long march

Nevertheless, all tools of the Obama administration. And, they are the only ones with a voice that elected officials will hear.


34 posted on 07/16/2009 2:38:15 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun

Not true. Just as we individual citizens contacted our congress critters to stop legislation in the past, it is imperative that we do so again.


35 posted on 07/16/2009 2:39:23 PM PDT by the long march
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To: Chickensoup

Can’t wait for my wife to see this post, she may differ with you. She’s been an RN since 1974.


36 posted on 07/16/2009 2:39:49 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: Dusty Road

I’ll bet she can spell politically too. ;-)


37 posted on 07/16/2009 2:42:55 PM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden

She’s been working at the VA for 23 or 24 years now, I can assure you she’s got an opinion on this one.


38 posted on 07/16/2009 2:49:20 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: La Lydia
And you have to wonder what BO promised them (which they may or may not get when the dust settles.)

Promised them? Shirley ewe jest? This administration robbed the treasury of 3 trillion dollars that have not been accounted for.

That's $3,000,000,000,000!!!

He now has the money to buy whatever support he needs, including his standing civilian army that he promised. As powerful and as fell-funded as the U.S. Military. With that much cash, even more so.

Get ready. The fun is about to begin.

39 posted on 07/16/2009 2:56:32 PM PDT by houeto (Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
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To: Dusty Road

ask her how many politically stupid nurses work with her.


40 posted on 07/16/2009 2:59:43 PM PDT by Chickensoup ("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
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