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President of National Nurses United Zenei Cortez joins Nurse Talk Radio this week with highlights from D.C. Lobby Day and the first Medicare for All congressional hearing in ten years. "I was so moved and the testimony at the hearing and our rally was so compelling I don't know how a person could not have been moved by these healthcare stories", said Cortez.

RN, Professor of Health Policy at University of San Francisco Barbara Sattler joins us to talk about the Nurses Climate Challenge. It's a national campaign to mobilize nurses to educate 50,000 health professionals on the impacts of climate change on human health. "It's ambitious and it's doable" said Sattler. Check out this podcast and find out how you can get involved. The website is nursesclimat...

Hello Thom Hartmann listeners! This week our Top of the Hour podcast features Nurse Talk's Healthcare in America Senior Correspondent Donna Smith. Donna had the privilege of talking with Jane O'Meara Sanders recently and if the name sounds familiar Jane is the wife of Senator Bernie Sanders, co-founder of the Sanders Institute and a longtime social, educational and political activist. Jane played...

Hello Progressive Voices Tune In listeners! This week our Top of the Hour podcast features Nurse Talk's Healthcare in America Senior Correspondent Donna Smith. Donna had the privilege of talking with Jane O'Meara Sanders recently and if the name sounds familiar Jane is the wife of Senator Bernie Sanders, co-founder of the Sanders Institute and a longtime social, educational and political activist....

Nurse Talk's Healthcare in America Senior Correspondent Donna Smith had the privilege of talking with Jane O'Meara Sanders recently. If the name sounds familiar Jane is the wife of Senator Bernie Sanders, co-founder of the Sanders Institute and a longtime social, educational and political activist. Jane played a major role in Bernie’s 2016 Presidential run and worked closely with thousands of nurs...

With us for this podcast is California Nurses Association/National Nurses United community organizer Max Cotterill. Last week nurses stood with Senator Bernie Sanders as he reintroduced his updated Medicare for All bill which now includes a long-term care component. With support for Medicare for All at an all-time high--now is the time to get involved. For more information visit https://medicare4a...

Clinical Hypnotherapist Georgia Foster has been a long sought-after expert commenter on the subject of how to drink less in her home country of Australia, and in the UK where she now lives. In Georgia’s book “Drink Less In 7 Days,” she helps drinkers train the brain to reduce Inner Critic time and improve sober coping strategies without needing to drink...and without having to quit drinking all to...

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To coin the phrase “it takes a village” is no understatement. Nurses and Medicare for All supporters are mobilized and fired up. National Nurses United Community Organizer Carolyn Bowden joins us to talk about the unique strategies being employed by NNU and supporting organizations. Don't miss this chance to be a part of the Medicare for All national campaign, it's easy and fun! Visit medicare4all...

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. This week on the show, States of Grace, from Doctor to Patient and Back Again…San Francisco Internist Dr. Grace Dammann is with us. And, to coin the phrase “it takes a village” is no understatement. Nurses and Medicare for All supporters are mobilized and fired up. Don...

The Green New Deal (GND) is a set of proposed economic stimulus programs in the United States that aim to address climate change and economic inequality. ... The Green New Deal combines Roosevelt's economic approach with modern ideas such as renewable energy and resource efficiency. At least according to Wikipedia that is.

Dr. Grace Dammann’s life was forever altered when a driver crashed head-on into her car on the Golden Gate Bridge. After a seven-week coma and numerous surgeries, Grace miraculously regained consciousness, with her cognitive abilities almost entirely intact, but her body left shattered and severely disabled. In 2015 her friends Mark and Helen Cohen released the award-winning documentary States of...

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. This week on the show, after decades of fighting, nurses join thousands to gather in the nation’s capital for Representative Pramila Jayapal’s launch of the New Medicare for All bill, a bill that has strong support from a broad coalition. And RN, NP USF Professor Barba...

Listen to this week’s Mini Podcast with RN and California Nurses Association board member Sandy Redding. Nurses national campaign for Medicare for All is off to a great start with thousands attending barnstorm meetings.

Nurses across the country are off to a great start with a grassroots movement to demand Medicare for All. Thousands of people interested in supporting the movement attended over 150 barnstorms from Maine to California where they shared their healthcare stories and learned about the new Medicare for All Act that will be introduced in Congress by Representative Pramila Jayapal. RN and California Nur...

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. This week on the show, author and President of Social Security Works, Nancy Altman is on a mission to debunk the manufactured myths about Social Security and she uses Facts to do it! And as nurses and other influential organizations and labor movements launch a nationa...

Laugh, learn, and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. This week on the show.... writer, filmmaker, and social activist Jennifer Nix share's how she saved 90% on her medications while on vacation in Spain... and Director of Nurse Practice Safety Gerard Brogan talks about the 15th anniversary of California Nurse Patient Ra...

In the era of so called Fake News, it's critical to know and research our news sources. That’s why Tarbell is expanding its excellent coverage. Tarbell is supported by readers and not influenced by politics or corporate donations. With us for this podcast is Tarbell Investigative Journalist Donna Shaw. Donna recently wrote about dangerous drug shortages that threaten patients in ER’s, Cancer Clini...

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. This week on the show.... Tarbell Investigative Reporter Donna Shaw reports DANGEROUS DRUG SHORTAGES THREATEN PATIENTS IN ERS, CANCER CLINICS AND AMBULANCES. DANGER IN DISGUISE…why nurse licensure compact seems like a good idea BUT not so fast! All this and more on the...

Ask yourself, who do you trust to make decisions about who should be allowed to practice nursing in your state? Do you trust your state’s nursing board, or would you trust an organization with little oversight and a comfy relationship with corporate sponsors such as big pharma? That question is central to our discussion today. RN and Nurse Practice Specialist for National Nurses United, Michelle M...

With us today is Mark Dudzic, National Coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer. The primary purpose of his organization is to increase and coordinate grassroots labor support for a Single-Payer Medicare-for-All healthcare system in America. Mark, like many of us believes health care is a fundamental human need and that the labor movement must take a leading role in the fight for healthc...

The Truth about Social Security: The Founders' Words Refute Revisionist History, Zombie Lies, and Common Misunderstandings. That's quite a title and author and President of Social Security Works, Nancy Altman means every word of it. In the book she uses the founder's own words to debunk myths and reveal the truth about the most popular and successful government program in our nation's history.

This week Healthcare In America Senior Correspondent Donna Smith introduces medicare4all.org. The site is sponsored by National Nurses United and Our Revolution and is a great resource for people across the country to get involved in the grass roots campaign. Astronomical health care costs and lack of access continue to drive individuals, families, and businesses past their breaking point while in...

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