MNA Daily NewsScan: May 23, 2012 – MNA RNs on CNN, CEOs Get Even Richer, Patients Report Inferior Care

What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan is a round up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories.  As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

  • U.S. Patients Report Inferior Care: Not only are sick Americans facing serious financial problems from high healthcare costs (43 percent), but many are experiencing problems with healthcare quality, according to a new poll released yesterday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NPR and the Harvard School of Public Health.
  • CEOs Raking in the $$$: The healthcare industry saw the largest increases in executive pay out of all sectors, according to a Wall Street Journal and Hay Group CEO compensation survey.

Labor Updates

  • MNA RN on CNN: MNA RN Jennifer Michelson talked Live with CNN from the streets of Chicago during the 2012 Staff Nurse Assembly. Take a look:

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