OAKLAND , Calif . , June 18 / PRNewswire / -- Geri Jenkins , RN , co-President of the National Nurses Organizing Committee / California Nurses Association -- which is America 's RN Union -- issued the following statement in reaction to the release of the GOP health proposal , and its attempts to strip employees of their employer-provided health coverage , and force them into the individual market through " consumer-directed " health savings accounts . While nurses , and many other medical professionals , criticize the failings of the health insurance market , and demand a move to a nonprofit single-payer system of coverage , the worst possible result would be to deny patients even the limited coverage that private , for-profit health insurance provides .