Guaranteed Healthcare

John Conyers sees the RNs' bus for the first time.

By Donna Smith

KENT, Ohio -- Rep. John Conyers, D-MI, who is also the chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the primary sponsor of HR676, the National Health Insurance Act, looked up with joy as he spotted the RNs' bus on the main drag in Kent, Ohio.  Conyers was at the local Democratic Party headquarters helping stoke up the troops for the 10-day push to election day 2008.  The nurses were making their way from Cleveland to Youngstown to educate citizens about their healthcare report card for candidates for this election cycle.

For nurses who have met Conyers before, seeing him in Ohio is a reminder of just how critical Mr. Conyers believes this election is.  And for the nurses who have not met him, he took a bit of extra time to shake hands and admire the bus that rates the candidates but also clearly tells all that the RNS believe HR676, publicly funded, privately delivered healthcare is the treatment the ailing nation needs for its healthcare system.

The stop in Kent followed a morning of finding opportunities to reach out to citizens who may not know where the nurses stand on healthcare reform and why nurses know a single payer system is the right way to go.