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Kiran Bal, Registered Nurse; United Nurses Associations of California

AFSCME members work in our nation's health care system night and day to provide quality care for patients. In hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, public health and other practice settings we are nurses, aides, dieticians and food service workers, custodians, technicians, physician assistants, therapists, doctors, pharmacists and administrative staff.

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Rising Health Costs Hit Medical Workers Too
The health care industry -- like so many others -- is feeling the financial pain of medical care's ballooning costs. Hospitals, doctors' offices and health care workers are struggling with mounting medical expenses -- rising from 5 percent to 10 percent a year, by some estimates -- illustrating that even an industry with influence over the nation's growing health care tab is grappling to pay for the care it delivers to its own workers.
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Denise Berkeley
CSEA Local 1000, New York

"Health care is a huge industry and it's easy to feel alone. But with a union, I never feel alone. Everyday, we stand up together -- for our rights, for our families, for our patients and for each other."