National Nurses United Endorses Beto O’Rourke in Texas U.S. Senate Race
National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the country, today announced its endorsement of Rep.
"From supporting Medicare for All, to supporting NNU's federal safe nurse staffing bill, the 150,000 RNs of NNU, including our 3,000
Championing Medicare for All: In Texas, 4.3 million residents, including over 600,000 children have no health insurance--a rate 1.75 times the national average. Millions more are under-insured with deductibles and co-payments so high they cannot afford to use their insurance to seek needed medical care. Nurses know that astronomical health care costs and lack of access mean patients often do not receive treatment until it's too late, or are forced to make devastating choices between paying for medication or paying for rent or food.
"Every day, nurses have to watch our patients suffer and die simply due to lack of healthcare," said
Supporting legislation for safe patient care in hospitals:
In 49 out of 50 states, including
"As a neonatal intensive care unit nurse, who cares for some of the youngest, most vulnerable patients out there, I know how important it is not to cut corners on staffing.
Working to advance economic justice, the rights of working people: In an era of extreme economic disparity, nurses know that we need elected officials who value the health and safety of working people over the profits of corporations. O'Rourke believes workers should benefit from the economic growth they help create and promotes policies that encourage companies to focus on returning investments back to working people and the community.
Protecting the health and safety of our immigrant patients: Nurses care for our nation's border communities, have firsthand experience treating immigrant patients, and are in many cases immigrants themselves--or the children of immigrants. RNs stand with O'Rourke in the commitment to end the militarization of our immigration enforcement system, and close private immigration prisons and detention centers that profit from locking up families.
The health of child detainees is especially concerning to nurses given that--in addition to the toxic stress experienced by detention and the still-lingering cases of family separation--immigrant patients may already have underlying health issues as a result of their stressful journey to the
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