A LOT OF NURSES WANT TO ELIMINATE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES

Reuters reports that 3 nurses unions have merged into a single one, National Nurses United. According to Deborah Burger, the new union's first president, the 150,000 member union wants a truly progressive reform of health care:

Burger said the merger would likely lend powerful support for the more progressive aims of the overhaul, but she said Obama's plan would not go far enough.

"What we've got now isn't really healthcare reform, it's a reshuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic as far as our patients are concerned, and we're going to make sure that we ... have universal healthcare that is truly universal and has eliminated the insurance companies," she told Reuters.