Removing Restrictions on NPs Equals Increased Access and Reduced Costs
Posted about 12 years ago by Stanley F Whittaker
Removing Restrictions on NPs
Equals Increased Access and Reduced Costs
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston research shows access to primary care is increased and costs are reduced when restrictions on NPs are removed.
Feel free to use this information when advocating for our profession.
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FLANP Advocacy Committee Members to meet with Key Legislators in coming weeks.
Several PR Advocacy committee members will be meeting with key legislators over the next several weeks.
In addition the committee will be meeting the last week of the month to discuss priorities and next steps. All members are invited to join. There are many ways to get involved in advocacy.
Email contacts@flanp.org if you want to be a committee member or to find out more.
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Medicaid and PPACA
A recent ruling from the Obama Administration has delayed implementing a key provision of the PPACA. This provision would require all employers with 50 or more employees to provide health insurance. This provision was scheduled to be implemented in 2014. It has now been delayed to 2015.
As a result of this ruling, the Florida legislature seems unlikely to convene a special session to discuss Medicaid expansion. Many legislators see the delay as proof that the funding to support the PPACA is not available. These legislators are concerned that Florida will have to subsidize significant portions of any Medicaid Expansion and many are reluctant to place the state at risk.
Proponents of the PPACA disagree and are supporting Medicaid expansion citing increased access to care in the long run will reduce health care costs to the state, and will add thousands
of new jobs to our economy. They also state that businesses may be less likely to locate to Florida because of poor access to health care for their lower wage employees.
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