In 2019, the state of Texas spearheaded the implementation of the Medicaid expansion for promoting affordable healthcare for middle and low Americans. The bill number for the Medicaid Expansion program in Texas is HR584 and was sponsored by Rep. Veasey, Marc A, with other House of Representatives (Sommers, 2016). The cosponsors included Sewell, Terri A., and Cohen, Steve, with many others. The benefit of the Medicaid expansion was strengthening health coverage, increased access to medical care, and promoting better health outcomes by reducing deaths, escalating economic security and opportunities, increased response to Covid-19, and lower care costs (Sommers, 2016).
Advocacy in population health plays a significant role in influencing the public and policy-makers that significantly influence health policies (Artiga et al., 2019). The advocacy in population health has the function of serving as the trusted voice for informing the health department’s population. Advocacy also provides a capacity-building necessary for reporting public health departments and population health and improving public health policies. The advocacy also provides the roles of educating, provisioning patients, and supporting patients by forming the right decision in the exact situation.
ANA codes provide several obligations, including ethics, responsibility, duties, ethical standards, and the nurses’ commitment to society. The ANA codes foster respect for human dignity, interaction with patients, and the nature of health. They also provide the right to self-determination, the nurse’s relationship among colleagues and other providers. It also addresses the conflict of interest, collaboration, and professional boundaries. They provide the right of privacy and confidentiality, the guidelines for research, performance standards and the review mechanism, and practices competencies. The codes promote the protection of the patients and their safety as well as protection from impaired practices.
References
Artiga, S., & Hinton, E. (2018). Beyond health care: the role of social determinants in promoting health and health equity. Health, 20(10), 1-13.
Sommers, B. D. (2016). Medicaid Expansion in Texas: What’s at Stake? Commonwealth Fund.