NASW to hold Health Care Reform and Beyond: Limits and Possibilities of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Teleconference

Jan 26, 2011

On Monday, January 31, 2011, from 1:00-2:00pm Eastern Time, NASW is hosting a teleconference on Health Care Reform with Stephen Gorin, PhD, Executive Director of the NASW New Hampshire Chapter. The moderator for the call is Dina Kastner, NASW Senior Field Organizer. The call will cover the limits and possibilities of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law last year by President Obama. NASW has been following PPACA and has posted letters to Congress and the Administration as well as analysis on the Web site here. To join the teleconference, go to the Specialty Practice Web site here. You must be a NASW member to register for the teleconference.

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