Health Care News

Nevada for Health Care seeks voter commitment

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:40:12 +0000

Nevada Appeal -- Nevada for Health Care is calling on voters to make affordable health care for everyone a key in selecting candidates from president down to local officials.

The project was organized by the Service Employees International Union, which offers health care to its members. Amber Lasater of Nevada for Health Care said SEIU decided to make it an issue because they say the current system is "broken" and doesn't provide coverage to all.

Organization pushes all presidential candidates to come up with health plan

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:39:18 +0000

Nevada Appeal -- Citing a need for affordable health care for all Nevada residents, the Nevada for Health Care group has been canvassing the state to ask people to stress the importance of health care to presidential candidates.

Group wants health care priority at NV caucuses

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:38:06 +0000

Las Vegas Sun -- A group advocating affordable health care for all is traveling the state to help educate voters about Nevada's presidential caucuses and encourage them to press candidates to make health care reform a priority.

Nevada for Health Care is part of Americans for Health Care, a national grassroots campaign launched by the Service Employees International Union, organizers said Wednesday.

Nevada for Health Care makes local tour stop Tuesday

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:37:05 +0000

Mason Valley News -- About 20 persons, most of them locals, participated in a tour stop and mock caucus Tuesday as part of the Nevada for Health Care's statewide tour to prepare voters to attend their caucuses.

The lunch, presentation and then a mock caucus were conducted during the lunch hour at Pizza Factory as the statewide tour for health care reform made its Yerington stop.

Nevada for Health Care to speak this Thursday

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:35:34 +0000

Fernley Leader -- Nevada for Health Care officials will attend a Fernley Democratic Club meeting this Thursday (Nov. 8) at 7 p.m. at the Truck Inn.

NHC is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is working to raise the issue of health care in Nevada's presidential caucuses.

The discussion will focus on health care issues and a mock caucus.

Nevada for Health Care tour stops in Gardnerville

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:34:11 +0000

Record-Courier -- Nevada for Health Care, an organization promoting health care reform, made a stop in Gardnerville at Antioch Coffee Co. on Nov. 6, during their statewide tour.

About twice the people expected to attend the event showed up, according to a spokesman for the restaurant.

Nevada for Health Care makes stop in Fernley

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:33:06 +0000

Fernley Leader -- As part of its statewide tour Nevada for Health Care made a stop in Fernley and attended the Fernley Democratic Club meeting held last Thursday at the Truck Inn.

About 35 people attended the meeting, where NHC discussed health care reform and the need for citizens to discuss health care quality, affordability and availability at the upcoming caucus said NHC Campaign Director Samatha Galing Gaddy.

Poverty Rate Declines; Number of Uninsured Hits Record High

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:36:52 +0000

Washington Post By Christopher Lee and N.C. Aizenman The nation's poverty rate declined for the first time this decade, but the number of Americans without health insurance rose to a record high of 47 million in 2006, according to Census figures released today. The statistics offered a mixed picture of the economy's ongoing recovery from the recession of 2000-2001.

Colorful Campaigns: Making an issue of T-shirts - Color-coded messages on health care, education and more greet candidates

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:52:11 +0000

Las Vegas Review Journal by Molly Ball They are at every presidential candidate's appearance in Nevada: the people in the matching T-shirts. Over there, taking up half a row of seats in the audience, are the red ones. They say "Divided We Fail." A few people in light blue are handing out fans that say "I'm voting for kids." A chunk of people in dark purple are filtering into the room, having slapped purple "I'm a health care voter!" stickers on many members of the audience. That was the lay of the land at an appearance in Las Vegas by Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards last week, and it wasn't unusual.

Organization wants health care to be top issue in 2008

Nevada for Health Care WebMaster — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:18:58 +0000

Las Vegas Business Press By Matt Ward An organization that usually gets attention from organizing labor initiatives has signed up 6,000 Nevada voters who want to make health care the primary issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. The Service Employees International Union, the largest labor organization for health care workers in the United States, is leveraging its high profile and using a unique set of media channels to get its message out to voters through the Nevada for Health Care Campaign. The union jumpstarted the campaign in late June.