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	<title>Capitol Update &#187; October 2009</title>
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		<title>House Passes Health Care Reform; What’s Next in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives cleared a major hurdle in the battle for comprehensive health care reform! Where does health care reform go from here? What can be expected in the next few weeks? We hope many of your questions concerning health care reform are answered here!]]></description>
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		<title>ANA Testifies Again Before Congress; Continues To Call for Action on Health Care Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 15, ANA Board Member and nurse practitioner Mary Maryland, PhD, MSN, APN, BC, testified on behalf of ANA before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on “The Urgent Need for Health Insurance Reform.”    ]]></description>
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		<title>ANA Nurses Stand to Support Health Care Reform at White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 9, 2009, President Obama called on Congress to work together to pass meaningful health care reform. The following day, over 60 ANA nurses stood with the President at the White House to show ANA’s continued support for his efforts. Once again, President Obama showed his commitment to the nursing profession and their importance in the health care reform fight.  ]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Working Together</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/the-power-of-working-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ANA’s Nationwide State Legislative Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ANA hosted the tenth annual lobbyist meeting Wednesday, September 16 through 18th in Washington, DC in which 32 constituent member associations (CMAs) were represented: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, DE, GA, IL, IA, KS, LA, MA, MD, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, NY, NJ, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VT, WA, WI.  During the meeting, attendees engaged in rich conversations about the political environment within their respective states and legislative successes and challenges surrounding a number of nursing and health care issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare: ANA Advocates for Nurses and Patients at MedPAC, RUC and CPT Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/medicare-ana-advocates-for-nurses-and-patients-at-medpac-ruc-and-cpt-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/medicare-ana-advocates-for-nurses-and-patients-at-medpac-ruc-and-cpt-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare policies touch the lives of many of our patients, and reimbursement issues directly or indirectly affect financial compensation for many staff RNs and advanced practice RNs.  Many APRNs are enrolled as Medicare providers, and are directly reimbursed for caring for Medicare patients.  ANA GOVA staff had the opportunity recently to advocate for nurses and patients at recent meetings of MedPAC, and the RUC and CPT committees.]]></description>
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		<title>ANA Launches New Website to Support Safe Patient Handling</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/ana-launches-new-website-to-support-safe-patient-handling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/ana-launches-new-website-to-support-safe-patient-handling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Nurses Association launched a new Web site dedicated to safe patient handling intended to help reach ANA’s goals of eliminating manual patient handling in health care facilities and creating a safer work environment.]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Title VIII Funding &#8211; Nursing Workforce Development Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/update-on-title-viii-funding-nursing-workforce-development-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/update-on-title-viii-funding-nursing-workforce-development-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House approved on September 25 a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the federal government operating at FY2009 funding levels through the end of October. The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill has been passed by the House but is awaiting floor action in the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate Nursing Education (GNE) Provision Included in Chairman&#8217;s Mark</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/graduate-nursing-education-gne-provision-included-in-chairmans-mark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/graduate-nursing-education-gne-provision-included-in-chairmans-mark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 22, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus (D-MT), issued a “modified” Chairman's Mark that sought to address some of the high-level concerns raised by Democrats. Also included in this modified Mark was a provision offered by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), amendment D-4, that would appropriate $50 million per year for FY2012 through FY2015 to establish a graduate nurse education demonstration program in Medicare.]]></description>
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		<title>Independence at Home Amendment Adopted in Health Care Reform Legislation</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/independence-at-home-amendment-adopted-in-health-care-reform-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/independence-at-home-amendment-adopted-in-health-care-reform-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early morning hours of October 2, the Senate Finance Committee approved the inclusion of an amendment to the Chairman’s Mark, America's Healthy Future Act, which would aim to create a pilot program providing patients with care options that offer both independence and quality of life. Specifically, Senator Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) amendment would create an Independence at Home Pilot Program to allow Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions to receive primary care in their homes.]]></description>
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		<title>ANA Introduces “Share Your Story” Feature to its Health Care Reform Page</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/ana-introduces-%e2%80%9cshare-your-story%e2%80%9d-feature-to-its-health-care-reform-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September the ANA introduced a new “Share Your Story” feature on its health care reform page.  The new feature allows nurses from across the country to share their personal stories and experiences working in the American health care system and why we need meaningful reform now!  ]]></description>
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