National Union of Healthcare Workers endorses Bernie Sanders for president

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PASADENA — Nearly 200 elected rank-and-file leaders representing 11,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers voted 72% to endorse Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary at the union’s annual Leadership Conference, convened October 10 in Pasadena, Calif.

Senator Sanders’ message of reversing economic inequalities; his support for a single-payer healthcare system, Medicare for All; and his stance of holding HMOs like Kaiser Permanente accountable for failing to comply with mental health parity laws, resonated with NUHW members.

http://nuhw.org/national-union-of-healthcare-workers-endorses-bernie-sanders-for-president/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

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1. Yeah!

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3. I have been in an emergency room and also an inpatient. I bow to all health care providers, period.

However, it's great that health care workers and nurses have been endorsing Bernie. His positions on health care and unions are both great, IMO, so obviously I think they would be crazy not to endorse him, but, either way, respect.