In keeping with her role as a nurse in Showtime’s new series “Nurse Jackie,” Edie Falco came to Capitol Hill on Thursday to advocate for the issue du jour, health care reform.
With the sun beating down on thousands of supporters of Health Care for America, Falco shared her story of hardship with the health care system. “I’m here because I’ve traveled through the health care system and there are holes.” Falco said heatedly, sounding like the tough wife she played on “The Sopranos.”
While staying in Washington, Falco was spotted eating dinner at Poste Moderne Brasserie in the Hotel Monaco on Wednesday night.
And the day before, two other actresses pushed a cause sure to lighten the load of health care providers.
Actresses Deidre Hall from “Days of Our Lives” and Andrea Bowen of “Desperate Housewives” joined a slew of congressmen in the Reserve Officers Association building Wednesday to support the Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009.
The act would never be elected class president, as it pushes for the removal of vending machines in schools and to enact regulation in their stores, but the actresses gave strong evidence as to why the most popular choice was not always the best choice.
Hall explained that she felt junk food was the cause of rising rates of childhood obesity and illness, while Bowen also spoke about the negative side effects of having to eat food from a vending machine as a young actress without a routine.
