Advocacy & Public Policy

Resources from the American Hospital Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.

In a Feb. 25 letter, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urged Congressional leaders to include support for front-line health care workers and nursing education in the next COVID-19 relief package.
According to the National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, more than 5 million RNs and LPNs are in the United States. That is significantly more than the 1 million licensed physicians. By contrast, 11 physicians but only 3 nurses were elected to the current U.S. Congress.
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Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., is projected to win reelection to represent Illinois’s 14th Congressional District.
Fiscal year 2021 spending bills released this week by the Senate Appropriations Committee contain increased funding
Nurses ran for national and state offices this year, with some achieving victory and others losing to their opponents or awaiting results in races that were too close to call at press time.