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Index:2008 12/19/08 10:08 AM Page 15 Not So Golden Years. Caring for an aging parent gets even tougher when you have to fight healthcare insurers. June p. 9. Shooting Yourself in the Foot. Why is Health Care for America Now giving up on real reform right out of the gate? July/August p. 9. McCain-Palin? Top 10 reasons to count me out. September p. 13. Time for a New New Deal. Our simple program for saving U.S. healthcare means expanding Medicare for everyone, mandating ratios, and protecting RNs' union rights. October p. 9. Doing What's Right, Not Easy. The public trusts nurses to champion healthcare reform for people, not politicians. November p. 9. Health Insurance Giants Don't Need a Bailout. With all the recent goodies for the financial industry, guess who's got their hand out? December p. 9. tIq INSURANCE INDUSTRY Got Insurance? So What? Having insurance hasn't spared these patients from paying the hard way, with their health and livelihoods. January/February p. 10. CNA/NNOC challenges insurers in Chicago. January/February p. 8. Protest wins sarcoma treatment for 17-year-old. April p. 9. Unhealthy Gamble. Experience and research shows health savings accounts are a losing bet for patients' health and pocketbooks. September p. 14. tLq LABOR MOVEMENT The New Threat to RNs. How the Service Employees International Union plans to dominate RN representation and why that's poison to nurses and patients. April p. 12. SEIU's Cholesterol Con. A union representing healthcare workers gets caught in bed with Big Pharma. April p. 14. DECEMBER 2008 Meet the New SEIU. At its June convention, SEIU adopted a program of anti-worker initiatives that position the union to expand, but at expense of members and union democracy. June p. 10. Remembering the meaning of Labor Day. September p. 10. Chicago RNs support sit-in workers at Republic Windows and Doors factory. December p. 7. LEGISLATION CNA/NNOC helps defeat ABX 1 1. January/February p. 6. Arizona RNs rally in Phoenix for ratio bill. March p. 4. Illinois passes stricter rules on insurance companies. March p. 10. Why we need the Employee Free Choice Act now. April p. 8. Our bills to watch in 2008. June p. 7. Pennsylvania RNs win mandatory overtime ban. October p. 6. Time to act on EFCA. November p. 7. tMq MEDICARE Medicare turns 43, but under privatization attack. July/August p. 7. tNq NATIONAL Pennsylvania nurses affiliate with CNA/NNOC. January/February p. 4. Pennsylvania nurses hold House of Delegates. April p. 5. Ohio RNs strategize how to build nurse power. November p. 8. NURSING PRACTICE Judge rules unlicensed staff cannot give insulin to students. December p. 4. tOq ORGANIZING Why we need the Employee Free Choice Act now. April p. 8. Houston, We Have Liftoff. CypressFairbanks Medical Center RNs in Texas first to unionize. May p. 4. W W W. C A L N U R S E S . O R G Majority of RNs at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals back CNA/NNOC, reject SEIU. May p. 6. Las Vegas RNs deliver petitions. October p. 8. Holding All the Cards. Why is the current organizing process broken and how can the Employee Free Choice Act fix it? December p. 10. ORGANIZATION Nearly 800 RNs from 21 states attend the 2008 Staff Nurse Assembly. October p. 4. tPq PROFILES ConnectionsandLayovers.LauriHoagland, RN,NP.January/Februaryp.18. Can't Taste Her Own Medicine. An Arizona RN, Tina Marino, has trouble finding affordable health insurance. March p. 12. Celebrating Advocacy. Hedy Dumpel, RN, JD. March p. 18. Shock to the System. Retiree Juanita Anderson fears losing her health benefits as much as her rare illness. April p. 18. A Musical Score. Kathryn Donahue, RN. April p. 22. A Living Legacy. Diane Koorsones, RN. May p. 16. A Labor of Love. Rose Ann DeMoro. June p. 12. Following Her Lead. Janice Webb, RN. June p. 18. Social Responsibility. Maureen Dugan, RN. July/August p. 22. Beyond Her Years. Jan Rodolfo, RN. September p. 18. With Might and Maine. Maureen Caristi, RN. October p. 14. Making Her Own Luck. Michelle Gutierrez-Vo, RN. November p. 14. In Their Shoes. Mirthia Kaufman, RN. December, p. 12. PUBLIC HEALTH Public Health and Retail Clinics. A continuing education home study. January/February p. 20. Cook County nurses win independent governance of public health bureau, but hard work remains. April p. 10. REGISTERED NURSE 15