Incredible video of the inside-the-Capitol protest for genuine healthcare.  The politicians are on notice that RNs are getting ready to block their hurtful healthcare reforms...this is the most memorable protest in years.

(sub. req'd) Nationally, nurses are also putting pressure on the mandated insurance plans pitched by the leading Dem candidates with a series of TV ads running during the Presidential debates.

Meanwhile, David Lazarus, the new consumer reporter at the LA Times, continues his great work and talks to some of the victims of the insurance industry.

Elsewhere in California, in case you need more proof that healthcare corporations run the show, big hospitals just wiggled out from their requirement to meet seismic standards.  You know...so hospitals don't fall down in earthquakes.

Is it just me, or maybe George Bush is right?  Hopefully, we can first expand health access to kids with SCHIP...and make that a stepping stone to cover all adults.

Until then, what's the best way to characterize today's healthcare situation?  Risk shift.  You're on your own, buddy.

Consumer advocate Jamie Court points out that forcing people to buy insurance, without regulating how much they can be charged, will not work.  You will be even more on your own.

Finally, is a major strike by nurses coming in California?

To join the fight for guaranteed healthcare (with a "Medicare for All" or SinglePayer financing), visit GuaranteedHealthcare.org, a project of the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association.