Shared sacrifice!

In March, [Bill Caudle] was laid off from his job as a raw materials coordinator for a plastics company called PolyOne, where he'd worked for 20 years. His severance package had provided several months' salary, but by August the paychecks were winding down. Soon the cost of his family health coverage was going to triple, then a few months after that, nearly triple again. They needed coverage so Mom [Michelle Caudle] could fight her cancer.

Dad's solution: a four-year hitch in the Army.

OK, that's the feature part.

Single Payer Action interviews Chuck Pennachio

The Pittsburgh Women's Blogging Society

Healthcare 4 ALL PA Rally in Pittsburgh Tomorrow!
http://www.healthcare4allpa.org/home.php

The Union Edge Talk Radio will be there to cover the story!
Hear the interview October 14, 2009 ShowMary Pat Donegan PhD (Western PA Regional Coordinator) & Chuck Pennacchio (Executive Director) at www.TheUnionEdge.com on the right side of the page.

Health care reform panel set for Thursday night

Participants in the panel discussion include Washington, D.C. resident Donna Smith of the National Nurses Organizing Committee; Rob Stone, a Bloomington, Ind.-based emergency room physician and Indiana coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program; and William Connolly, a professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Evansville and a member of the steering committee of Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan.