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Homework: Policy Letter Checkpoint- Healthcare Policy & Finance
Overview: Nurses can advocate for healthcare policies to promote justice, fairness, and health equity at facility, local, state, national, and global levels. Writing a letter of concern for or support towards a particular policy or legislation is an effective way to hold leaders accountable in their positions.
Instructions: Complete the following steps to begin your Policy Advocacy Letter for this checkpoint homework. You will submit your responses in an APA-formatted paper (approximately 200 words in length) with in-text citations and references for any cited resources used to support your proposal.
Question I. Identify a pending healthcare bill that needs improvement or propose a new bill recommendation relevant to your current practice, community health needs, or personal interests. Submit a link or a PDF of the bill with your paper for this homework. Note: Navigate to Congress.gov and view the following video on how to search for legislation.
Question II. Explain why that bill or recommendation is important. You must specify the exact piece of legislation in your paper and refer to its appropriate title - e.g., "Title VIII funding, H. R. 952".
Question III. Identify a leader or change agent (local, state, and national leader/legislator) who is appropriate to advocate for this policy change or adoption. Briefly justify why that leader is an appropriate choice for this policy change or adoption. Note: To determine your representatives, navigate to org.
Question IV. Identify the official mailing or email address of this leader. Note: Your elected officials' email and physical addresses are available on their websites. You can find out who represents you on the House and Senate.