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FEATURES
10 Got Insurance? So What?
Having insurance hasn't spared these patients from paying the hard
way, with their health and livelihoods.
18 Connections and Layovers
World traveler and CNA/NNOC Board of Directors member
Lauri Hoagland, RN, NP has always made the connection between
social justice and healthcare. By Erika Larson
DEPARTMENTS
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4 News Briefs
Pennsylvania nurses affiliate with CNA/NNOC; Trouble mounts for
Sutter as RNs strategize next steps; CNA/NNOC helps defeat ABX1 1,
a badly flawed healthcare reform bill; CNA/NNOC challenges insurers
at Chicago rallies; a classic labor history book, Labor's Untold Story,
will amaze and inspire readers for the new year.
9 Lessons Learned
The battle to defeat faux healthcare reform in California taught the
public the big differences between health insurance and healthcare.
By Rose Ann DeMoro
20 Public Health and Retail Clinics
Retail clinics promising cheap, quick health services are popping up at
drugstores and big box stores around the country. Learn more about
what separates these businesses from traditional healthcare provider
settings and how they pose a grave danger to public health and welfare.
Submitted by the Joint Nursing Practice Commission and Hedy Dumpel, RN, JD
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on the cover: Registered nurses and other healthcare provider members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals rally at
the capitol in Harrisburg to support a bill banning
forced overtime. Photograph by Nate Kresge.
JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2008
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