Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals

01/29/2026

“It’s discouraging when you’re charged with preaching hope and speaking hope — and people tell you they’re not optimistic, they’re not hopeful."

Pastor Bryan McAllister of Morris Brown AME Church, Philadelphia, PA joined us at our Forum to Save Healthcare to speak about his work with POWER Interfaith

Cuts to the ACA and proposed cuts to Medicare will be the difference between life and death for many Americans.

Healthcare can’t wait. Neither can we. Add your name at https://bit.ly/healthcare-bill-of-rights.

01/28/2026

Statement on the death of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse and dedicated frontline caregiver. We mourn his loss and honor his service to patients and colleagues.

01/27/2026

“It’s not just about closing a hospital. It destroys a community.”

Take a listen to WHYY 's coverage of the Forum to Save Our Healthcare, held last week in partnership with 10 community organizations and advocates fighting back against devastating healthcare cuts.

PASNAP nurses and healthcare workers are calling on Congress to restore healthcare funding and stop a looming healthcare disaster in our communities.

This is only the beginning. Join us in the fight to protect access to healthcare in Pennsylvania! Add your name to the Healthcare Bill of Rights: http://bit.ly/healthcare-bill-of-rights

01/27/2026

Last week was Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist week! To commemorate it, PASNAP board member and CRNA Bernadette Golarz breaks down the impact of DOE’s declassification of nursing as a profession degree:

❌ It blocks working people from being able to afford to pursue advanced degrees in nursing.

This declassification caps loans for graduate nursing students at $20,500 annually. To pursue a career as a CRNA or similar advanced and specialized nursing degrees cost between $150,000-$250,000 a year. This severely limits who will be able to afford to pursue these professions.

⚠️ We are already experiencing a shortage of nurses with advanced degrees – and our patients are feeling the impact.

A shortage of CRNA’s means unsafe patient to nurse staffing ratios. One CRNA must be responsible to several patients at a time, which in critical care situations can be a dangerous strain. It also means longer waiting periods for people to be able to access critical care.

TAKE ACTION: It’s not too late to change things. Tell the Department of Education to reverse this decision and prevent an impending disaster for our health systems: https://pasnap.quorum.us/campaign/152515/

01/24/2026

This week’s forum of unions and advocacy groups representing thousands of healthcare workers & patients in Pennsylvania was eye opening – but this is just the first step. It’s time to stand together to save our healthcare!

Thank you WHYY for covering the fight to protect healthcare!

PASNAP unions and 10 partner organizations have introduced a “Healthcare Bill of Rights” and are urging lawmakers to pledge support for safety net programs.

01/23/2026

Maternal Health Awareness Day means a healthcare system that doesn’t leave families behind.

Maternal health is about more than safe births; it’s about access to prenatal care, mental health support, postpartum services, contraception, and a health system that safely supports families. But right now, severe cuts to healthcare access—including medicaid cuts, unaffordable health insurance premiums, and mass loss of coverage—are threatening the well being of mothers and babies. We are already seeing the negative impact on our patients, and it will only get worse if we don't raise our voices and stand together.

Join nurses, health professionals, and community leaders in the fight to protect our healthcare coverage: https://bit.ly/healthcare-bill-of-rights

01/23/2026

THANK YOU to the amazing leaders, caregivers and community members who came to the Save Our Healthcare forum tonight.

This is only the beginning. Join us in the fight to protect access to healthcare in Pennsylvania! Add your name to the Healthcare Bill of Rights: http://bit.ly/healthcare-bill-of-rights

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01/22/2026

TONIGHT join Pennsylvania nurses, health professionals, and community leaders at the Forum to Save Our Healthcare. If you can’t make it out, share one of these signs to show your solidarity!

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📆Thursday January 22nd, 6-8PM
📍SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 19
1301 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philly, 19147
🚗FREE PARKING AVAILABLE

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01/21/2026

PHL17 — thank you for helping spread the word!

Did recent ACA cuts leave you without healthcare? Worried about how looming Medicaid cuts will drain healthcare resources in your community?

PASNAP is teaming up with 10 local advocacy organizations to make sure our communities know what’s coming—and how we can fight back.

Join us TOMORROW at the Forum to Save Our Healthcare to learn how Medicaid cuts and skyrocketing insurance premiums will impact our hospitals, patients, and neighborhoods—and what we can do about it together.

👉 RSVP to save your spot: https://bit.ly/saveourhealthcareforum-01-22-2026

📆 Thursday, January 22 | 6–8 PM
📍 Sheet Metal Workers Local 19
1301 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19147
🚗 FREE parking available

01/21/2026

When healthcare is cut our patients, hospitals and communities suffer.

Join us THIS THURSDAY in the at the Forum To Save Our Healthcare to learn more about how Medicaid cuts and massive spikes in healthcare insurance premiums are going to affect our hospitals, patients and communities – and what we can do about it.

RSVP to make sure you have a spot: https://bit.ly/saveourhealthcareforum-01-22-2026

📆Thursday January 22nd, 6-8PM
📍SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 19
1301 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philly, 19147
🚗FREE PARKING AVAILABLE

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01/20/2026

We are PASNAPproud to stand in solidarity with the NYSNA nurses -- and patients and patient-centered care everywhere!

Nearly 15,000 nurses from New York City’s top hospitals entered their second day striking on Tuesday, in what could be one of the largest labor clashes in the city’s health care industry in decades – and Pittsburgh’s health care workers are showing their support. The New York...