UNAP Endorses Whitehouse for Senate
Health Professionals & Candidate Share Ideas at Roundtable Discussion
Friday, September 22, 2006
Providence, R.I. - The United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) endorsed
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse today, calling
Whitehouse a "champion" for health care reforms that will improve working
conditions for their members and the quality of care for their patients.
Whitehouse joined UNAP President Linda McDonald, RN, who made the
announcement, and several UNAP members at a roundtable discussion on their
ideas for real solutions to the challenges they encounter in the health care
system.
"We all share the goal of making health insurance available to every
American family, and as nurses and health professionals, we have a unique
perspective on the enormous waste and inefficiency in today's health care
system that get in the way of expanding coverage," said McDonald. "Like our
members, Sheldon Whitehouse understands that the quality of the system
affects the quality of care, and he's worked hard to find new solutions that
will make the system work better."

