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Patients & Practitioners Deliver Strong Message to Congress at June 2 Briefing

Sunday, 14 June 2009 19:25 administrator
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Patients & Practitioners Deliver Strong Message to Congress at June 2 Briefing:

Health care reform MUST include a public option and
innovative delivery models for primary and preventive care

Patients and health care practitioners from across the country gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June 2, 2009 to brief Congress on why the health care reform bill MUST include interdisciplinary and accountable coordinated care delivery systems and a public insurance option. They also shared their concerns over Senator Baucus' Finance Committee policy papers, which were released in March and April.  

More than 17 national health care organizations (not lobbyists), representing more than 30,000 practitioners and thousands of patients, joined the National Academies of Practice in highlighting the following recommendations for Congressional consideration:

1. Broadening the definition of Accountable Health Care Systems;

2. Broadening the study base for accountable models of delivery;

3. Training tomorrow's health care workforce in interdisciplinary care to reduce costs, improve care access and improve quality;

4. Providing a public option in financing.

NAP strongly advocated for a public option as an essential part of America's health care system to meet the needs of the 21st century. "More than 25 percent of Americans' are currently health vulnerable. As we watch the statistics for the unemployed and the uninsured continue to climb, we support a public health care choice based on the Medicare model for those without options," explained Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, an NAP member and Vice President of Health Sciences and Medical Affairs at the New York Institute of Technology. Check out the testimonies and photos here
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NY-Times "2 Democrats Spearheading Health Bill Are Split"

Monday, 01 June 2009 03:06 administrator
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WASHINGTON — A significant split has developed between the two Democratic senators leading efforts to remake the nation’s health care system. They disagree over the contours of a public health insuranceplan, the most explosive issue in the debate. One of the senators, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, reasserting himself after months of treatment for brain cancer, made clear this week that he favored a robust public health care plan, a government-sponsored entity that would compete with private insurers.

As a starting point for his bill, Mr. Kennedy favors a public plan that looks like Medicare, the government-run program for older Americans created in 1965, when he was a young senator.

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Last Updated on Monday, 01 June 2009 03:12
 

President Obama’s Address to Congress

Tuesday, 03 March 2009 11:34 Peggy Gaines
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President Obama’s recent address to Congress demonstrates that he understands the critical problems that individuals face with lack of access to health care. He realizes that health care in this country is truly in a crisis situation. Every 30 seconds another family declares bankruptcy due to health care costs. By the end of this year, up to 1.5 million families will lose their homes because of soaring medical expenses.

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President Obama understands that the most cost effective way to deal with this situation is access to preventive care. He understands that the way to keep costs under control is to keep people healthy.

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We Can Change Health Care:  Workiweng Until It Is Done advocates for transformation of the health care system.  We support our President in health care being an urgent priority that must be addressed this year.

 

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NAP Congressional Briefing on Health Care

 with patients and practitioners providing testimony in

 Washington, D.C.


Our mission is to increase awareness and support activities that promote:


 Health Care Access For All Now; and 

 Access to Interprofessional, Accountable Care

Health care for all is:
1.  Humane--there is a human cost in decreased quality of life and lives lost for lack of access to health care.  There should be no financial barriers between a patient and a provider for needed health care.

2.  More economical--the cost of health care through emergency rooms is much greater than other models of providing interprofessional health care that already exist and are cost effective

3.  A human and civil rights issue of social justice--47 million people have no health insurance; another 50 million are underinsured; 14,000 people lose their jobs daily. There can be an anticipated record increase in people without health insurance. Congressional members and their families have health insurance, so do staffers.  It is imperative the people they represent have access to care also.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 04 April 2009 15:19
 

White Paper on Field Hearing

Saturday, 28 February 2009 20:12

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Congressman John Conyers

On September 20, 2008, bi-partisan Public Field Hearings on the Health Care Crisis were held in South Florida to underscore the urgency of serious problems in the United States in accessing quality care. The goal was to bring this crisis to the attention of elected officials and the general

public. Speakers included patients and expert practitioners who discussed possible solutions as well as current models of delivery that already exist to solve these problems

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