The American Nurses Association (ANA) is working on several fronts to counter attacks on Medicaid funding and to ensure that nurses are informed about the efforts on Capitol Hill that impact this program which provides essential health care coverage for an estimated 58 million Americans.
On November 19th, the ANA testified before a joint hearing of the District of Columbia’s Committees on Health and Public Safety & Judiciary in support of 18-71, the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act of (UEVHPA) 2009. The primary goal of this Act is to recognize the licenses of out of state health care professionals, enabling licensees to cross state lines to volunteer their services during a declared emergency or disaster.
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.”
