"Sadly," Higgins goes on to say, "we have ended up with legislation that fails to meet the test of true health-care reform, guaranteeing high quality, cost effective care for all Americans, and instead are further locking into place a system that entrenches the choke-hold of the profit-making insurance giants on our health. If this bill passes, the industry will become more powerful and could be beyond the reach of reform for generations." Read more [2].
Links:
[1] http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2009/december/nation-s-largest-rn-organization-says-healthcare-bill-cedes-too-much-to-insurance-industry.html
[2] http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/508471/nurses_say_senate_bill_entrenches_chokehold_of_insurance_giants