'SiCKO' Premiere Bus Tour with RNs
Planning to spark a fundamental change in national healthcare politics, an unprecedented national coalition of nurses and doctors organizations announced plans to rally around the openings of Michael Moore’s “SiCKO” June 29 to press the campaign for single-payer healthcare, guaranteeing comprehensive, quality healthcare with an expanded and improved Medicare for all. Two patients from the film are also touring with the groups on the bus to share their stories first hand.
New York, NY - June 18, 2007
Philadelphia, PA - June 19, 2007
Walter Tsou, MD, a Philadelphia based member of Physicians for a National Health Program, speaking during the bus tour.
PASNAP President Patty Eakin, RN, speaks with reporters during the bus tour.
Donna and Larry Smith (speaking) two patients who faced staggering medical debt despite being "covered" by insurance who appear in "SiCKO" also joined the bus tour.
Washington, D.C. - June 19, 2007
CNA/NNOC and New York State Nurses Association members visit the AFL-CIO headquarters during the "Scrubs for SiCKO" bus tour.
Rep. Barbara Lee with Michael Moore, Rep. Pete Stark (behind Lee), and Rep. John Conyers (right) join a briefing in Congress June 20. Moore urged support for HR 676, Conyers' bill to provide guaranteed, universal healthcare in the form of an expanded and improved Medicare for all.
CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro, Michael Moore, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and CNA/NNOC Board members during a visit of the "Scrubs for SiCKO" bus tour to the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington June 20.
The "Scrubs for SiCKO" bus tour stops at the headquarters of the AFL-CIO in Washington DC.
New Hampshire - June 22, 2007
CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro moderates a New Hampshire town hall on healthcare reform for undecided voters after a screening of Michael Moore's "SiCKO." Also on state are (from left) Deborah Richter, MD of Physicians for a National Health Program, Moore, and Julie Pinkham, RN, executive director, Massachusetts Nurses Association.
New Hampshire press conference highlights CNA/NNOC study on healthcare industry money swamping the policy debate on healthcare, and the call for Presidential candidates to support guaranteed healthcare without private insurers interference with care. From left, Michael Moore with CNA/NNOC President Deborah Burger, RN, CNA/NNOC Public Policy Director Michael Lighty, and Massachusetts Nurses Association Executive Director Julie Pinkham.
RNs from California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire call on the offices of Presidential candidates Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Hillary Clinton to urge them to sign a pledge to only support healthcare reform that guarantees healthcare for all and eliminates the role of private insurers, and pledge to reject healthcare industry campaign contributions.
CNA/NNOC President Deborah Burger talks to a representative of Sen. Hillary Clinton, during a tour of RNs from California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire in the offices of Presidential candidates in New Hampshire June 22 to urge them to sign a pledge to only support healthcare reform that guarantees healthcare for all and eliminates the role of private insurers, and pledge to reject healthcare industry campaign contributions.
RNs from California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire in the offices of Mitt Romney in New Hampshire June 22 to urge him to sign a pledge to only support healthcare reform that guarantees healthcare for all and eliminates the role of private insurers, and pledge to reject healthcare industry campaign contributions.
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