The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and 13 other organizations on Jan. 26, 2022, participated in an amicus brief filed in the United States Supreme Court in Golan v. Saada, a child abduction case. NASW had previously participated in this case filed in...
NASW and 13 other organizations joined an amicus brief regarding Golan v. Saada, a child abduction case.
As a professional social worker, educator, Executive Director of the NASW New Hampshire Chapter, and long-time advocate for universal health care, I was privileged to attend the President's town hall meeting in Portsmouth, NH on August 11. I wasn’t sure what to expect...
Legislation Medicare payment rates for clinical social worker services and payments for all physician services, delivered independently under Part B are scheduled for a 21% cut in 2010. Congress is addressing Medicare provider payment rates in health care reform...
August 3, 2009 Edward M. Kennedy Chair Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Kennedy: On behalf of the 150,000 members of the National Association of Social Workers, I am writing in...
During the August Congressional recess, your member of Congress may be hosting a Town Hall Meeting. We would like you to go to the Town Hall Meeting and talk to your member about Health Care Reform. While many Members of Congress notify constituents of Town Hall...
Legislation The Energy and Commerce Committee reached a deal on America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009, H.R. 3200. The Ways and Means Committee and Education and Labor Committee had already reported the bill out of committee. On the Senate side, the Senate...
It was the one regret Frances Perkins had. The one thing on her list she could not accomplish -- health care reform. Some say President Teddy Roosevelt first tried to reform the system. We know Frances Perkins tried. President Johnson signed Medicare into law just...