NR 451 Week 7 Discussion: Health Federal Bills in Congress
There is much attention on federal health care policy and law. Health Bills: GovTrack.us
provides a list of federal bills that are currently in process in Congressional Committees.
Go to (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
Choose a health-related federal bill of interest to you. Read through the bill and post a
summary in your own words. Include the bill number and name.
How might this bill impact professionalnursing practice standards if passed? If not
passed?
How might the bill impact your ownnursing practice?
Answer:
I chose S. 2554: Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act .
I regularly do home care and majority of my patients have complex medication regimens.
This bill would allow patients make the best decisions when paying for their medication , my
elderly patients have an average from 5 to 12 medications to take daily and they struggle with
some meds that are not covered ,paying less for their drugs should be their right .
I recently found this letter for Congress form The American Academy of Dermatology
Association (Academy), part of the letter states that the ADA has more than 13,800 and they
There is much attention on federal health care policy and law. Health Bills: GovTrack.us
provides a list of federal bills that are currently in process in Congressional Committees.
Go to (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
Choose a health-related federal bill of interest to you. Read through the bill and post a
summary in your own words. Include the bill number and name.
How might this bill impact professionalnursing practice standards if passed? If not
passed?
How might the bill impact your ownnursing practice?
Answer:
I chose S. 2554: Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act .
I regularly do home care and majority of my patients have complex medication regimens.
This bill would allow patients make the best decisions when paying for their medication , my
elderly patients have an average from 5 to 12 medications to take daily and they struggle with
some meds that are not covered ,paying less for their drugs should be their right .
I recently found this letter for Congress form The American Academy of Dermatology
Association (Academy), part of the letter states that the ADA has more than 13,800 and they
