Yearly KOS 2007: "Bloggers Talk Healthcare"

Colette Washington, who manages online communications for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, attended Yearly KOS in August 2007. While there, she documented and produced this compelling video of random bloggers talking about why we need HR 676 (Conyers): SINGLE PAYER Healthcare in America. Check it out and pass it around!

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Healthcare Rally Roundup - Sacramento, CA - May 8, 2007

Check out this exciting rally for healthcare sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, with broad participation by the California School Employees Association and a wide variety of labor, religious, and community groups.

2,000 nurses, school employees, community activists, and patients rallied at the California state Capitol on Tuesday, May 8th for genuine healthcare reform, and to demand Arnold Schwarzenegger end the state's healthcare crisis by signing SB 840.

Sen. Sheila Kuehl's bill, SB 840 would guarantee healthcare for all Californians with a single-payer model similar to Medicare for All.

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Real People DENIED Real Healthcare: Emily Cannon

LOS ANGELES, CA--Emily Cannon, is a young woman in the prime of life, the daughter of a registered nurse, and a former elementary school teacher whose life has ground to a halt since developing a chronic but treatable illness. She is being denied treatment by her insurance provider which would fix the problem and enable her to return to the active life she once enjoyed. Watch her story to see yet another example of the growing number of Americans (with insurance) being DENIED the care they need to make them better.

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Real People DENIED Real Healthcare: Nathan Wilkes

Nathan's son Thomas Wilkes was born with severe hemophilia, which puts him at risk for major internal bleeding and for which he must receive nearly $1 million in healthcare costs each year to avoid death or serious disability. Watch this important video to see how the private health insurance industry cares only about profits, NOT patients.TELL US YOUR STORY AT:www.SinglePayer.comPhotography by Jon Orlando, Produced by Colette Washignton, Edited by Jay Johnson at JJ Post.

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