As a force to be reckoned with, the California Nurses Association (CNA) is formidable. Ask Arnold. The organization advocates universal healthcare, based on a single payer system, and improved and expanded Medicare. These are all nicely progressive ideas with which, as a Democrat, I agree, although Obama does not.
In addition, they are actively campaigning for a similar solution: HR 676 in Congress, and SB 840 in California. (more…)
Grab and Keel 