Ohio Valley Politics

The National Nurses Organizing Committee and the California Nurses Association are jumping into the Ohio advertising game. They’ve announced that they’ll be running a radio spot in several markets up until the primary advocating healthcare reform.

The ad goes as follows:

Nurses and consumer advocates agree. The government should be protecting us from insurance companies, not forcing us to buy their products. Especially while insurance companies can still charge as much as they want and still deny you care when you are sick.

So why are politicians still calling for mandates? Forcing people to buy health insurance isn’t universal healthcare. It just means more profits for the big insurers.

Registered nurses value every patient they touch. They witness lives lost, care denied, families ruined by big insurance corporations. Nurses know there is only one real cure for our broken healthcare system. We ask the candidates to commit to the highest standard of quality care through Medicare for all Americans. That’s the real reform that puts decision-making power where it belongs – with you, your nurses, and your doctors.

Paid for by the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association.

You can also hear the ad spot for yourself below.

 

 NNOC Radio Ad: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (156)

• Election 2008 , Health

3 Responses

1. Joseph Says:
   February 29th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

   Universal health coverage is a wonderful idea and I guess there must be something in it for the nurses and doctors too.

   Without it, “too many OB/GYN’s aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country”

2. David Says:
   March 1st, 2008 at 1:01 pm

   I think the real goal here is to give Ron Paul something better to do.

3. Michelle, RN Says:
   March 3rd, 2008 at 8:20 pm

   There is something in it for nurses, doctors and patients. NNOC Ohio is actively seeking to enact safe RN staffing standards in the state of Ohio. There is currently no limit to the number of patients a nurse can care for in any state except California! The result is 98,000 deaths per year. Part of the reason that hospitals fail to staff safely is the way in which they are reimbursed. Patients are admitted to hospitals because they need nursing care- daily RN’s see patients dying because of failures to staff safely and because they are denied care or have no access to care. We as nurses are the voice of our patients and we can be silent witness to this catastophe no longer. Currently, no candidate is discussing Guaranteed Healthcare but rather they are guaranteeing insurance companies revenue via mandates. More insurance is not the same as more care. Visit http://www.cheneycare.org and http://www.calnurses.org/nnoc/ohio for more information.

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