Blog Archives

  • Right Care Action Week: October 18 – 24, 2015

    Right Care Action Week is a grassroots initiative from clinicians and others across the country to take action that demonstrates how much better our health care system can be. Individual and group activity welcome! Learn more about what some CIR chapters are planning below, and more about Right to Care Action Week here. At Boston Medical…

  • New York City Labor Day Parade

    Check out scenes from the New York City Labor Day Parade this past Saturday, September 12!

  • What Is CIR’s Agenda for Health Justice for All?

    Resident leaders have defined CIR’s political advocacy mission as fighting for an issue agenda under the banner “Health Justice for All.” Every day, resident physicians treat patients whose health has been compromised by a system that costs too much and leaves too many behind. The United States provides some with the high quality care they…

  • 2015 Is Our Year

    We’re a little over seven months into the year, and it’s been a big one already – new organizing campaigns, exciting program initiatives, the climax of several contract negotiations, an amazing National Convention… we’ve done a lot so far in 2015: On January 16,  residents at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. voted to join…

  • Volunteer Experience in Haiti Gives CIR Member New Perspective on Costs of Care

    In the last five years, over 100 CIR members and alumni have traveled to Haiti to volunteer as part of the continuing medical relief efforts through scholarships provided by the CIR Policy & Education Initiative. This year, a record number of CIR members applied for the scholarships, and twenty-five were selected to receive one. Volunteers…

  • NJ Residents Address physician shortage and diversity at Rutgers NJMS

    Patients rarely get a chance to get an in-depth look at the inner-workings of hospitals in their community. But that’s exactly what 38 high school students experienced at this year’s Physician Diversity Pipeline Project on July 28th. As the healthcare landscape changes in New Jersey to address the physician shortage, CIR leaders at Rutgers New…

  • Tobacco Control Legislative Resources

    What legislation is being considered? The California Tobacco Tax for Healthcare, Research & Prevention Act would assess a $2 per pack tax on tobacco at the state level, with the proceeds going primarily to shore up Medi-Cal.  (This bill is in the process of being introduced.  You can learn more at www.savelivesca.com.) SB 5 X2 (Leno)/ AB…

  • CIR/SEIU Healthcare Says Black Lives Matter

    The following statement was issued by the CIR Executive Committee on December 8, 2014 The Committee of Interns and Residents, the nation’s oldest and largest union of resident physicians, stands united with our brothers and sisters in SEIU and people of good conscience everywhere to ensure that the criminal justice system holds all people equal…