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RNs Praise Courageous Vote by Senate Committee on Badly Flawed Healthcare Bill 

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee today offered praise to the Senate Health Committee for resisting enormous pressure to pass a badly flawed healthcare bill and pledged to work with legislators, community groups, and labor for genuine healthcare reform that avoids the serious shortcomings of AB1X.

In a statement following the vote, CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro congratulated the committee "for its thorough, deliberative process and for taking a principled courageous stand despite the enormous pressure brought to bear by those who were pushing for hurried passage for a bad bill." . . .

Additionally, CNA/NNOC noted the serious underfunding of the proposal, including a tobacco tax and "the absurd premise of basing a health bill on essentially encouraging individuals to smoke."

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