ONS joins coalition partners in commenting to HHS on the Essential Health Benefit section of the PPACA regarding tobacco cessation coverage.
ONS joins a coalition with these letters relating to insurance coverage of clinical trials in the PPACA. To Steven Larsen | To Marilyn Tavenner
ONS joined with our coalition leader, OVAC, to sent this letter to the US House and Senate appropriator, calling on them to complete the FY 2012 Labor-HHS appropriations bill, as the funding is essential to oncology nursing, and other healthcare providers.
ONS joins the Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition (HPNEC) in support of continuing appropriations for all Title VII and VIII programs.
Support for increased funding in fiscal year (FY) 2012 for the Nursing Workforce Development programs authorized under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act
H.R. 2746, the Cancer Drug Coverage Act of 2011, supporting adequate health insurance coverage for all Americans diagnosed with cancer; including oral anti-cancer medications.
H.R. 1639, legislation exempting many cigars from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Coalition for Health Funding and the Committee for Education Funding letters to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
An ONS support letter for permitting states to obtain federal Medicaid matching funds for the cost of tobacco cessation services provided by quitlines. Tobacco cessation quitlines have proven to be an effective way to help smokers quit. Ensuring Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation quitlines will improve access to these services.
A letter to the Super Committee expressing the nursing community’s support of the HHS programs as Congress considers the fiscal recommendations.
One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) coalition letter to the US House of Representatives in support of federal funding for the NIH under the FY12 Labor-HHS Chairman’s Mark for the Appropriations bill.