NAGNA CONVENTION
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
More than 600 nursing assistants gather in Joplin to send a message to Washington.
Members of the National Association of Geriatric Nursing Assistants gathered at the John Q. Hammons trade center on Thursday.
Their goal, to sign a petition to be sent to President Bush to stop cuts in the Medicare budget.
That`s because effective October 1st, the government is expected to cut Medicare coverage by 10 percent.
"Unless we`re able to act quickly to convince President Bush not to sign those cuts. It will have a devastating impact on residential care in this county and we should not make these cuts on the back of our seniors,"said Lori Porter, Chief Exec. NAGNA.
If you would like to sign the petition, you can log onto www.drivingforqualitycare.com
Reported By: Brad Douglas
