Healthcare Legislation and Action Alerts
Tressa Kentner | Published on 2/2/2025
The legislative year has begun. The LWV Advocacy team already has issued two Action Newsletters, which can be found
here. You can also subscribe to the newsletter on that page.
The most recent newsletter included requests for action for two healthcare bills that the League supports:
- Address Problems With Health Care Systems and Hospital Mergers SB 5122
- Reduce Financial Barriers to Prenatal and Post-Natal Care SB 5075
Although the current request for action is over, these are important bills. The need for oversight of health system mergers is critical. The need for maternity care often is overshadowed by the debate on abortion access, but the two go hand in hand.
I encourage each member to subscribe to the
subscribe to the LWV Legislative Action Newsletter to stay abreast of legislation. This is particularly important for responding to action alerts as the time frame for response often is just one or two days. Receiving the newsletter directly makes responding timely easier. Links for responses are included. The links are easy to use.