Health Reform Bill Will Aid Nurses, Says California Democrat

Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.), a former nurse, says the health reform bill making its way through Congress recognizes the role nurses play in our nation's health care system by providing more funding and education to nursing programs. (:19)
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Congresswoman Capps: “Dismayed” and “horrified” by U.S. health care

Vice Chairman Lois Capps (D-Calif.) talks about H.R. 3014, the “Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007.” Capps says that the U.S. “needs this bill more than ever.” She also says that she is dismayed and even horrified at how far the U.S. lags behind other industrialized countries in terms of infant and maternal mortality rates and other “quality of life measures.” (0:59)
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