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Karen A. Ballard, MA, RN, FAAN Registered Nurses Association of Michigan September 21, 2012 Happy First Anniversary RN-AIM!. ANA LEADING THE WAY: In 1964, first health care organization to endorse Medicare
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Karen A. Ballard, MA, RN, FAAN Registered Nurses Association of Michigan September 21, 2012 Happy First Anniversary RN-AIM!
ANA LEADING THE WAY: In 1964, first health care organization to endorse Medicare In 1991, ANA in collaboration with many other nursing organizations develops Nursing’s Agenda for Health Care Reform This blueprint for reform was ultimately endorsed by 60 nursing and health care organizations
ANA and SCOTUS In March 2012, as SCOTUS was hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the ACA, ANA members and staff were demonstrating on the steps of the courthouse in support of the law. Other ANA activities included: online, daily analysis of the court proceedings; a Twitter chat with nurses nationwide; numerous media interviews. Concerned that the entire or parts of the ACA would be struck down, ANA worked to implement critical aspects of the law aimed at patient safety and quality and primary and preventive care services.
Quality Workforce Development Care Coordination Uninsured
REPEAL OF THE ACA WOULD RESULT IN: 6.6 M young adults losing the option of being insured under their parents’ health plans 129 M individuals, including 17 M children, again being denied insurance or charged higher rates due to pre-existing conditions Medicare participants losing the 50% discount on trade name drugs after hitting the “donut hole” 32.5 M Medicare participants paying more for preventive services, currently free under the ACA 67,000 individuals insured under the ACA’s Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan becoming uninsured again
What’s at Stake for Michigan Families • Many privately insured residents (almost 6 million) would once again be vulnerable to lifetime limits • Young adults (nearly 33,000) would lose insurance coverage through their parents’ health plans • Many privately insured residents could lose their insurance when they need it the most because of application technicalities “found” by the insurance companies as the insurers' usage experiences rise • Many seniors return to higher prescription drug costs as the “donut hole” would continue
www.nursingworld.org ANA’s Quality Work • Measure Application Partnership • Partnership for Patients • e-Measure Development • Office of the National Coordinator Consumer Pledge Campaign
www.rnaction.org • Educate consumers and patients about how the new law will impact them. • Get involved. Serve on a state task force or committee that will shape reform at the state level. • Keep the pressure on legislators when there are attempts to de-fund or derail health care reform.
ANA’s Nurses Campaign Activity Night (Nurses CAN) October 17, 2012 “Woman or Man” phone banks; stuff envelopes at candidate headquarters; canvass neighborhoods for candidates; work to get out the vote Use the “power of the checkbook” as an RN Visit ANA’s Election Action Center webpage for more ideas NURSES CAN!!!
The Power of Grassroots: Share Your Story! www.rnaction.org/healthcarestory.
“One’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.” —FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
