Nurses Union: Give Ebola Czar Power To Cut Medicare Funds If Hospitals Don't Protect Workers

The National Nurses Union said the president's decision to tap a White House Ebola czar falls short unless the administration gives the czar power to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funds at hospitals that don't meet the highest uniform, national workplace safety standards. The union's press comes as worker health and safety advocates urge the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to step up efforts to issue a delayed infectious diseases rule that would protect health care and other workers. “What...