[PAA-Discuss] It's time to move forward!

[Juli3 at aol.com]

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the  Affordable Care Act. 

Millions of Americans are already  benefitting from our new health reform 
law. In the months  ahead, even more of us will benefit if it improves care  
coordination, provides more preventive services, and makes  coverage more 
affordable and secure. It only gets better from  here.

That is, if we give reform time to work — and  work together to make sure 
it gets implemented effectively.  

Together, we’re working to build better care — care  that is better 
coordinated, more centered on meeting the needs  of patients, and more affordable. 
That's why I'm asking you to  _encourage  the Senate to stand strong 
against efforts to repeal or defund  health reform. _ 
(http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=fYKpm4p8CTyRrfu5sfL_vw..) 

It’s time to move forward  and fix our health care system.

We  simply can’t afford to let anyone undermine our efforts to  make America
’s health care system work better for all of us —  and especially for 
older adults, patients with multiple  chronic conditions and their family 
caregivers.  

Just ask Leslie Schlienger, a nurse from south  Florida, who is working on 
the front lines.

Since graduating from nursing school in 1980, Leslie has  been a head nurse 
in Veterans Administration and community  hospitals, earned her 
certification in rehabilitation nursing  and her master’s degree in nursing 
administration. For the  last dozen years she’s been a home health nurse, and a  
critical part of her work is coordinating clients’ care with  family, friends and 
medical professionals. 

"The  fragmentation of how care is delivered is a big issue," Leslie  says. 
"Because of all the specialties, a single patient often  has two or three 
physicians, and I’ve seen some with as many  as seven or eight. Patients are 
overwhelmed by that. They’re  lost in that system." (Read the rest of 
Leslie's story _here_ 
(http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=phKl9DE6K-XyWxfO_YafZw..) .)  

Now more than ever, we need better care  coordination, improved 
communication among providers, medical  records at our fingertips, and a system that 
doesn’t leave  vulnerable patients and their family caregivers to fend for  
themselves.

To mark the one-year anniversary  of the Affordable Care Act and honor the 
millions of Americans  working every day for better care, urge your Senators 
to focus  on fixing our health care system and reject any attempts to  
repeal or defund health reform.

I’ve already sent my  message to Congress. _Please  send yours now!_ 
(http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=OYsjqCFLzwzJZdq5z9hq6g..) 

Sincerely,


Debra L. Ness, Leader
Campaign for Better Care
  
IT’S TIME TO 
MOVE FORWARD
Now more than ever, our  nation needs better care — care that is 
well-coordinated and  centered on meeting the needs of patients.

_Urge  your Senators to reject any efforts to repeal or defund health  
reform._ (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=HtleBJAPQ4dtg_JJxpZhQA..) 

It’s time to move forward and fix  our health care system.

_Take  action today »_ 
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