By Donna Smith, communications specialist, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
NOTE: CNA/NNOC will be highlighting 2008's Congressional candidates throughout the nation who we hold up to voters as our "healthcare heros." Lend your support, get involved and vote like your life depended on it... because it does.
WICKLIFFE, Ohio – What in the world is an RN doing in a race like this? Well, ask Bill O’Neill, and this Vietnam vet, journalist turned judge and finally pediatric emergency department RN will tell you that when he is elected in November, healthcare reform will be center stage in his first term’s work.
O’Neill is running in Ohio’s 14th Congressional District, which is in the far northeastern corner of the state and borders both Lake Erie and neighboring Pennsylvania. His candidacy embodies the spirit and energy of Ohio’s citizenry.
And plenty of Bill’s future constituents are hurting for healthcare.
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