GREAT NEWS hospice and palliative care advocates! Today, Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) as S.2080. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation is endorsed by a broad coalition of healthcare organizations and has already received 243 cosponsors in the House. If passed, PCHETA…
PCHETA! PCHETA! PCHETA! For the past week, The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA/H.R.647) has been the talk of the town in the Nation’s Capital. On June 17th, the HAN team partnered with the Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC) for a day of online action in support of PCHETA. Hospice and…
NHPCO is happy to announce that the Rural Access to Hospice Act has received endorsements from not only 32 State Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations, but also from the National Rural Health Association and the National Association of Rural Health Clinics. Please feel free to use these documents when you communicate with policymakers to show…
In case you missed it – the Rural Access to Hospice Act (RAH) was reintroduced in the House on May 9th by Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN) as H.R. 2594! RAH now has bipartisan, bicameral support and if enacted, would ensure that individuals in the final stages of life have access…
What Does the Government Shutdown Mean for Hospice & Palliative Care? Since December 22nd, the Federal Government has been operating under a partial shutdown, making this the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. The shutdown occurred when Congress and President Trump were unable to agree on an appropriations bill for fiscal…