Chanting “Everybody in - Nobody out,” NYSNA nurses joined doctors and patients to call on Albany to pass a law guaranteeing healthcare for all New Yorkers.
On the periphery of NYC's Union Square this week, a meeting convened by Physicians for a National Health Program, dubbed "Labor and the ACA: Problems, Threats, and the Road Forward," filled the conference room with committed advocates of single payer – students, MDs, public health experts, union
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, President of NYSNA, will speak Tuesday at a panel on “Labor and the ACA: Problems, Threats, and the Road Forward.” The event is sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), our ally in the campaign to win Medicare for All.
Following the 43rd Annual Legislative Conference sponsored by the NY State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, NYSNA RNs gathered in Albany on February 15th to protest healthcare inequalities that are rampant throughout the state, and especially affect poor Blacks and Latinos.
Wall Street and private equity firms plan to take over healthcare through a series of tactics including changing the regulatory structure, promoting a private insurance model and lobbying for the introduction of for-profit healthcare facilities to enter the New York market.