Health Care Reform Advocacy

APNA actively supports health care reform. To do so, we work with and through a number of coalitions.   Please explore the links below to learn how we are involved.

Issue Statements

2013  |  2012  |  2011  |  2010  |  2009

Coalitions

 
2013
05/13 Autism National Committee letter to Rep. Kline and Miller re: 200 National, State, and Local Organizations Ask Congress to Protect Schoolchildren from Dangerous Restraint & Seclusion and Pass the Keeping All Students Safe Act
04/13 Autism National Committee letter to Rep. Kline and Miller re: Keeping All Students Safe Act
04/13 Nursing Community letter to Sen. Murray re: Children's Trauma Recovery Act
    
     
03/13 Nursing Community testimony to House LHHS re: FY 2014 appropriations, the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the NINR.
03/13 Nursing Workforce Development Programs Brochure which is distributed during Nursing Community Hill visits.
03/13 Nursing Community letter to Government Accountability Office re: Reappointment of Dr. Naylor to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and additional candidates for new commission appointments.
     
03/13 Nursing Community letter to President Obama re: FY2014 budget and the Nursing Workforce Development programs and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
02/13 Nursing Community letter to House re: FY 2013 Appropriations for the Nursing Workforce Development programs and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) 02/13 Nursing Community welcome letter to new Co-Chair of House Nursing Caucus
     
01/13 Mental Health Liaison Group letter to President Obama re: his response to the Newtown Tragedy    
   
     

2012
10/12 comments re: CMS' preliminary recommendations of the Hospital Outpatient Payment Panel on supervision for select services
09/12 letter to Congress re: the Keeping All Students Safe Act
04/12 Testimony of the Nursing Community re: Fiscal Year 2013 Appropriations
     
03/12 Nursing Community testimony to the Senate re: FY 2013 Appropriations
03/12 Nursing Community Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee re: FY 2013 Appropriations
03/12 letter re: FY 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (LHHS-ED) and Related Agencies Appropriations bill
     
03/12 letter to President Obama re: FY 2013 LHHS-ED and Related Agencies Appropriations bill
   
   
     

2011
11/11 Letter to Secretary Sebelius re: physician centric language within the Department of Health and Human Services
11/11 letter re: FY 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (LHHS-ED) and Related Agencies Appropriations bill
11/11 letter to President Obama re: importance of funding nursing education, research, and practice
     
09/11 letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee re: 2012 appropriations for the Nursing Workforce Development Programs, National Institute of Nursing Research, and Nurse-Managed Health Clinics
09/11 letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee re: 2012 appropriations for the Nursing Workforce Development Programs, National Institute of Nursing Research, and Nurse-Managed Health Clinics
10/11 letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction re: discretionary spending for healthcare provider education and workforce development
     
08/11 Letter to Senator Inouye re: Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2011 (S.56)
08/11 Letter to Representative Walden re: the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2011
06/11 comments to CMS re: Affordable Care Act's proposed rule for Accountable Care Organizations
     
06/11 comments to Department of Health and Human Services re: APRN regulatory burden and the Reducing Regulatory Burden: Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13563
05/11 letter to US House re: FY 2012 Funding for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
05/11 letter to US Senate re: FY 2012 Funding for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
     
05/11 testimony of the Nursing Community re: FY 2012 Appropriations for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, NINR, and Nurse-Managed Health Clinics
04/11 testimony of the Nursing Community re: FY2012 appropriations for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, NINR, and Nurse-Managed Health Clinics
04/11 letter the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee re:
2012 appropriations for the Nursing Workforce Development programs NINR, and Nurse-Managed Health Clinics
     
04/11 letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee re:
2012 appropriations for the Nursing Workforce Development programs NINR, Nurse-Managed Health Clinics
03/11 letter to Representative Stark re: the Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2011
02/11 Mental Health Liaison Group letter re: the Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act
     
02/11 letter to House leaders re: proposed funding cuts to nursing programs in the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution
01/11 letter to Speaker of the House John Boehnor and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi re: H.R. 2, which would repeal  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
 
 
     

2010 
12/10 letter to the US Government Accountability Office re: requesting that at least one professional from the field of mental health and addictions be added to the National Health Care Commission next year.
12/10 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services re: ensuring that Qualified Health Plans cover the full range of mental health and substance use diagnoses.
09/10 Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief letter to the Chairmen of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education re: appropriation made for Title VII Nursing Workforce Development Programs
     
09/10 Nursing Community letter thanking the Chairmen of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education re: funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs
09/10 congratulations to: Dr. Sochalski, the new Director of the Division of Nursing at the Bureau of Health Professions
07/10 letter to the Committee of Appropriations re: the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education's appropriation for Nursing Workforce Development
 
 
 
07/10 letter to Senators Harkin and Cochran re: investment in nursing education by the Senate LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
04/10 letter to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education re: increase in funding for Nursing Workforce Development programs
04/10 testimony of the Nursing Community re: Fiscal Year 2011 appropriations for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs
 
 
 
04/10 comments by the Mental Health Liaison Group re: Interim Final Rules under the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
03/10 letter to Nancy Pelosi re: health care reform, specifically the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
02/10 letter to Nancy Pelosi re: the passage of health care reform
     
02/10 Mental Health Liaison Group letter re: the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act
01/10 letter to Nancy Pelose re: the Affordable Health Care Act
 
 
     

2009
11/09 letter to President Obama re: the significant investment he has made in strengthening the nursing workforce
11/09 letter to Nancy Pelosi re: the Affordable Health Care for America Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
10/09 letter thanking lawmakers re: merging the Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 with the America’s Healthy Future Act
     
09/09 letter to Chairman Baucus re: support for America's Healthy Future Act
07/09 Mental Health Liaison Group letter re: the Affordable Health Choices Act
07/09 Nursing Community letter re: health care reform that is patient-centered, comprehensive, affordable and accessible
     
07/09 Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief letter re: President’s FY2010 budget proposal
06/09 Mental Health Liaison Group letter re: Reed Mental Health/Primary Care Co-location Amendment to the Affordable Health Care Choices Act
06/09 letter to Chairman Kennedy re: supporting the Affordable Health Choices Act
     
05/09 Information for IRS re: the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
05/09 Mental Health Liaison Group letter re: health care reform in the spirit of recent mental health and addiction parity legislation
02/09 letter to Senator Durbin re: the Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act
     
01/09 letter to President Obama re: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, discretionary health spending, and funding health information technology
 
 
   
     


YOUR VIEWS AND FEEDBACK ARE WELCOME! - Please send c/o Nicholas Croce Jr, MS, Executive Director, at ncroce@apna.org.