Progressive Democrats Of America's Donna Smith, "YES WE CAN"!
The time is here for SINGLE PAYER and there is a GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT. The SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE MOVEMENT—more specifically California’s Healthy California Act or SB 562 and on a National level HR...
24 Apr 20172min
How much is enough for BIG PHARMA? Donna Smith weighs in.
Americans pay the highest price for prescription drugs in the world but the five largest drug companies raked in more than $50 BILLION in profits in 2015. What’s going on?
10 Apr 20179min
A Conversation With NNU Co-President Jean Ross About The Keystone Pipeline
The corrosive tar sands oil that is extracted, transported, and refined for the Keystone project is a major contributor to climate change. An assessment from the pre-Trump Administration Environmental...
10 Apr 20179min
Californians Could Be The First To Pass Single Payer Legislation
Here's a statistic for you. The CEO of United Healthcare Stephen Hemsley, makes 10,597.00 an hour or 177.00 a minute. In 2015 his compensation was 66 million but that did not include the sale of stock...
5 Apr 201712min
Hospice Nurse and Playwright Elaine Magree is "Holding The Edge"
In her one woman show (playing at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco), Elaine Magree first takes audiences to January 28, 1986 where as a hospice nurse---she finds herself in the chaotic socio-politic...
29 Mar 20178min
Post Mortem Conversation About Failed Healthcare Bill. Donna Smith Executive Director of PD America
While the GOP "replacement" plan failed--don't get complacent! Now is the time to organize, educate and take action to improve and expand Medicare for All. Our current system is not sustainable. Nurse...
29 Mar 20174min
What are Safe Staffing Ratios and why are they so important to all of us?
Many Americans may be surprised to know that California is the only state in the country with mandatory limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned at one time. The regulations were enact...
7 Mar 20175min
Too bad..we found the "replace" document and it's not good!
Healthcare Advocate and Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America Donna Smith talks about what we know and what we don't know about the ACA replacement from the GOP. What we know--the ins...
7 Mar 201714min
