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H.R.748 – CARES Act 116th Congress (2019-2020)
The Senate unanimously cleared this bill, with passage in both chambers resulting from intense negotiations among Congressional leaders and White House officials, led by the Secretary.
I am in full support of this bill as it relates to the COVID-19 outbreak, also known as the coronavirus disease of 2019, and its effects on the economy, public health, state and municipal governments, individuals, and enterprises. The Cares Act includes maintaining worker pay and employment, improving the healthcare system, and economic stabilization.
Subpart B of PART II addresses support for Healthcare Providers.
Section 3211 allocates additional funds to health centers that serve medically underserved populations for evidence-based models that increase access to high-quality primary-care services to detect the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, or preventing, diagnosing, and treating the disease.
Underserved populations have increased difficulty finding access to quality care, likely due to community and economic health determinants. These groups are at higher risk for adverse outcomes in relation to exposure to covid-19. As practicing nurses, we have the ability to advocate by aligning ourselves with organizations with like-minded objectives and leaders possessing congressional access. Challenges may include allocating adequate funding, resources, and staff to fulfill healthcare improvements.
References
Courtney, J. (2020, March 27). H.R.748 – 116th Congress (2019-2020): CARES ACT. Congress.gov. https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748.
I support the bill H.R.3650 – Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021.
The bill named above is in its introductory stage in congress. Sponsored by Representative Joe Courtney, the bill aims at enabling patients in the outpatient department to be regarded as an inpatient to satisfy the three-day inpatient hospital stay requirement set forth by Medicare coverage (“H.R.3650 – 117th Congress (2021-2022): Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021”, 2021). In doing so, the bill allows individuals receiving outpatient services to receive Medicare benefits without being hospitalized. This bill is likely to face a lot of scrutiny and debate on whether it falls within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Since the bill will affect the regulations set forth by Medicare, the pros of signing this bill into law must outweigh the cons, or less it will fail. About this bill, nurses should allow patients in the outpatient department receive Medicare services without having to hospitalize them for a minimum of three days as per Medicare regulations.
My senators in the senate and house of representatives are Robert Menendez, Cory Booker, and Representative Albio Sires, respectively. Representative Albio Sires is a member of three committees: Albio Sires sits on the following committees: House Committee on the Budget, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and House Committee on Foreign Affairs. As a member of the budget committee, he will be involved in the deliberations of the bill’s financial impact. The senators will then scrutinize the bill before the senate can send it to the president for signing.
The executive branch of the government is responsible for implementing laws enacted by the legislature. As Mason et al. (2020) state, policy development is a multistep process that requires the collaboration of all the branches of the government. Should this bill be signed into law, the executive will be tasked with its implementation.
References
H.R.3650 – 117th Congress (2021-2022): Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021. (2021). Retrieved 16 August 2021, from https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3650?
Mason, D. J., Dickson, E., McLemore, M.R., and Perez, G.A. (Eds.). (2020). Policy and politics in nursing and health care (8thed.)
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