Health Policy & Advocacy

Agenda & Activities

Health Policy Priorities

• ARN 2013 Health Policy and Legislative Agenda
• Legislative Tracking Chart
• Budget and Appropriations Primer
• FY 2014 LHHS Funding Chart

Issue Briefs

• Bolster the Nation's Nursing Workforce
• Support Increased Funding for Rehabilitation and Nursing Research
• Support an Increase in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Funding
• Support the Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act

Coalitions

ARN participates as a member in the following coalitions:

• Coalition to Preserve Rehabilitation (CPR)
• Coalition for Patients' Rights (CPR)
• Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition
• Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition
• Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC)
• Spinal Cord Leaders Council
• The Nursing Community

Update on Healthcare Reform

• Determining an Essential Benefits Plan for Rehabilitation and Habilitation Services and Devices: A Value-Based Approach
• Overview of HHS Proposed Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Regulations
• Summary of Final Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Correspondence to Congress/Federal Agencies

113th Congress, 1st Session:

• ARN Written Testimony to the Senate LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
• ARN House LHHS Testimony Regarding FY 2014 Funding
• Nursing Community Letter Welcoming Congressman Joyce as co-chair of House Nursing Caucus
• Nursing Community Letter to Preserve Title VIII Nursing Workforce Funding
• Nursing Community Letter Thanking President Obama for Nursing Program Support
• HPNEC Letter to Preserve Funding for Nursing Research
• Letter to the President to Encourage Funding for Nursing Research
• Nursing Community Support of the Nomination of Marilyn Tavenner for CMS Administrator

Archives of Past Communication

112th Congress, 2nd Session
112th Congress, 1st Session
111th Congress, 2nd Session
111th Congress, 1st Session
110th Congress, 2nd Session