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Denisse Castillo 7904 Greenebrook Court Fairfax Station, VA 22039 dac56478@marymount.edu (703) 220-7882
-No matter the setting, nurse practitioner care has proven to be a highquality, cost-effective means of primary care delivery (NNCC, 2010). Nursing school based clinics are primarily managed by nurse practitioners and they work collaboratively with physicians, dentists, other health care providers, community agencies, staff nurses, and volunteers. The primary focus of the clinics is: disease prevention and wellness. I am currently a nursing student. Having done clinical rotations in acute care and community settings I have seen first hand the positive impact on health that such programs have on individuals and families. Passage of the Nursing School Clinic Act of 2011 would allow Medicaid to be billed, increasing program funding, allowing increased accessibility to health care and decreasing costs to individual clients. Government spending on health care benefits and programs would decrease as well; this would be beneficial since health care spending in this country accounts for more than 16% of the GDP. Of that 16%, more than 77.1% of that was used to fund Medicaid and Medicare programs in 2007 (Jernson, 2008). These percentages have been on the rise since 2009 and the economic recession. Please assist in the passage of the S. 55 Nursing School Clinic Act. Its passage would be mutually beneficial to both government and consumers. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Please contact me at the any time via e-mail or phone if I can be of any assistance. Sincerely,
Denisse Castillo 7904 Greenebrook Court Fairfax Station, VA 22039 dac56478@marymount.edu (703) 220-7882
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