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Hipwrecked: My Health Insurance Sucked So I Went to India for Surgery. July/August p. 19. How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America. July/August p. 20. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson. July/August p. 21. Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, From Madison to Wall Street. July/August p. 21. Volunteering at Home and Abroad: The Essential Guide for Nurses. July/August p. 22. C CONTINUING EDUCATION Workplace Violence: Assessing occupational hazards and identifying strategies for prevention, Part 1. January/February p. 18. Workplace Violence: Assessing occupational hazards and identifying strategies for prevention, Part 2. March p. 14. Collective Patient Advocacy Trailblazers: The Road to Ratios, Part 1. September p. 19. Collective Patient Advocacy Trailblazers: The Road to Ratios, Part 2. November p. 22. NNU announces new women���s global health leadership program with Rutgers University. December p. 7. D DENTAL HEALTH Rotten to the Core. Oral health is a key factor in overall health, yet our system is set up so that more Americans suffer from lack of dental care than even medical care���leading to pain, unemployment, and even death. September p. 14. DISASTER RELIEF Eye of the Storm. RNRN helps support New York RNs��� efforts to care for Hurricane Sandy victims. December p. 10. E Loud and Clear. Our message for a Robin Hood Tax shot around the world. April/May p. 11. Ratios At Risk. The hospital industry is ���nding lackeys in labor to destroy safe staf���ng ratios. June p. 11. Mental Breakdown. Our mental healthcare system has collapsed in favor of pursuing pro���ts. July/August p. 13. Exposing ���Right to Work��� Laws. A growing threat to nurses, patients, and a healthy America. September p. 13. National Security Threat. The real danger to Americans is the Wall Street attack on our Social Security system. October p. 10. 101 Reasons for RN Unity. Why it���s a critical time to take our RN movement to the next level. November p. 8. The Two Americas. There are more billionaires than ever, while children and seniors go hungry and record numbers of families struggle in poverty. Nurses can help by passing the Robin Hood Tax. December p. 9. H HEALTHCARE REFORM Waiting Game. Cancer didn���t wait for Maurelle Wyeth to turn 65, so why does Medicare? March p. 11. Next Steps. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, but healthcare is still out of reach for millions of Americans. Learn how the law leaves the private insurance system unchanged, and how expanding Medicare for all is the only solution that works. June p. 12. Many already on board for Medicare for all. RNs in California tour the state in a bus to provide health screenings, hear stories, and discuss how to win a Medicare-for-all system at town halls. June p. 16. Still SiCKO. Five years after the release of the seminal documentary, the ���lm���s subjects reunite to discuss how little has improved in our healthcare system. June p. 18. HOSPITAL INDUSTRY RNs ���ght for-pro���t takeover of dialysis services in Maine. July/August p. 4. Nonpro���t hospitals reaping far more in tax bene���ts than they sow in providing charity care. July/August p. 5. MedStar Health RNs in Washington, D.C. oppose for-pro���t takeover of dialysis operations. November p. 7. ELECTIONS See Politics EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR���S COLUMN Court of Public Health. The Supreme Court will debate the legality of healthcare laws this spring, while all indicators show the country needs single-payer. January/February p. 9. This Is a Hospital, Not Disneyland. How nursing scripts and patient satisfaction surveys project a fantasy of care, not real care. March p. 9. DECEMBER 2012 I INSURANCE INDUSTRY Next Steps. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, but healthcare is still out of reach for millions of Americans. Learn how the law leaves the private insurance system unchanged, and how expanding Medicare for all is the only solution that works. June p. 12. W W W. N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N AT I O N A L N U R S E 17