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TOC:2 7/10/07 10:05 AM Page 3 Contents FEATURES 12 Postcard from Colorado Donna Smith, who features in Michael Moore's new film SiCKO with her husband Larry because they had to declare bankruptcy due to medical debt, shares her thoughts on their healthcare journey and the role nurses have played in her life, then and now. By Donna Smith 15 Stressed Out As New Orleans struggles to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, local nurses report from the front lines of a constant healthcare crisis. By Ian McNulty 18 Piece of the Action 15 Board member Robert Marth, RN learned the hard way that nurses need a strong union to maintain a balance of power with employers. Today, he has helped build some of the strongest nurse networks among members. By Lucia Hwang DEPARTMENTS 4 News Briefs CNA/NNOC is partnering with filmmaker Michael Moore on a new "Scrubs for SiCKO" campaign, using the popular appeal of the movie to motivate the public in demanding guaranteed healthcare on the singlepayer model; snapshots from around the country as SiCKO opens to sold-out crowds; some of our RNs loaded onto a bus to tour the East Coast, warming up the nation for SiCKO; Sutter RNs fight takeaways in bargaining; Chicago-area nurses are still hanging tough after county slashes health services budget. 11 No Turning Back With the help of RNs, SiCKO has opened the eyes of the public to the ills of the insurance industry and why it's got to go. By Rose Ann DeMoro JUNE 2007 Save Th eD hous e of d ate "rns eleg Septe in motio ates: n" mber 1 Sacra 0 – 12, 2007 me Conv entio nto 13th & n Center Sacra J Streets, ment o, Cal if. 2007 W W W. C A L N U R S E S . O R G 4 on the cover: CNA/NNOC RN members in front of the Crest Theater in Sacramento, Calif. before the June 12 sneak preview of SiCKO and rally for guaranteed healthcare. Photograph by Jaclyn Kellye Higgs. REGISTERED NURSE 3