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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SILVER SPRING, MD – The American Nurses Association (ANA) acknowledges today as the 45th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare and reaffirms its commitment to the program, which provides insurance coverage for 47 million vulnerable elderly and disabled individuals. ANA was the first health care organization to support the creation of Medicare and firmly opposes large scale cuts to the program. Nurses understand the essential role Medicare plays in ensuring access to quality health care services.
“Today’s anniversary is a time to acknowledge the positive impact the program has had for a generation of Americans,” remarked ANA President Karen A. Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN. “Medicare provides health security for vulnerable Americans, and the proposed cuts would have a devastating impact on millions of people.”
The ANA is the only full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation’s 3.1 million registered nurses through its constituent and state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.
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