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FEATURES
14 Unhealthy Gamble
Conservatives are banking on health savings accounts to expand insurance for Americans, but experience and research shows they are a losing bet for patients' health and pocketbooks. Just who is really
benefiting from HSAs? By Heather Boerner
18 Beyond Her Years
Though RN Jan Rodolfo is among CNA/NNOC's younger board
members, she has already proved to be a seasoned activist and leader.
By Lucia Hwang
DEPARTMENTS
4 News Briefs
Sutter RNs settle most outstanding contracts, but work not over;
Reno nurses win first Nevada contract, California-style ratios; RNs
rally single-payer groups at Democratic convention; Passing
guaranteed healthcare means electing good candidates; Labor Day
celebrations; Cook County RNs fight on for public health; San Jose
nurses protest HCA property tax refund; Millinocket Regional
Hospital settles contract.
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13 McCain-Palin?
Top 10 reasons to count me out of a McCain-Palin administration.
By Rose Ann DeMoro
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SEPTEMBER 2008
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