Guaranteed Healthcare

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Sutter nurses here explain their strike against Sutter--and why they won't back down.

 Al Gore comes out swinging for guaranteed, single-payer healthcare here.

Like a slow-motion earthquake the healthcare mess continues to roil the Golden State.  Just this week, California Governor pitches the lottery as his secret weapon for solving the healthcare crisis, Speaker Nunez makes clear why he has to keep taking so much money from health insurance corporations, and mega-chain Sutter Healthcare faces the largest nurses strike in a decade.

A picture beats a thousands words so just go look at this striking nurse.  Sutter was humiliated this week when 5,000 nurses walked off the job in a revolt against patterns of unsafe care by the chain, which pulled in $587 million in profits just last year.  RNs like Millicent Borland walked out because they are obligated to stand up for their patients. 

In the largest nurses strike this nation has seen in a decade, 5,000 Sutter Healthcare RNs in California marched out of their facilities this morning, drawing a line in the sand over the quality of care their patients must receive while at the gigantic hospital chain.  Press coverage here or here or here or really just go look at the pictures.

The strike has already become a resounding success, dominating the media throughout the Bay Area, winning broad community support from different organizations, welcoming some 95% of nurses onto the picket line, and forcing Sutter to explain itself and its practices under a bright spotlight.