Making sense of the Medicare proposals: What do "for all" and "with a public option" really mean?

Catherine L Taylor1, Tyler N Edgerton, Caitlin McArthur

  • 1Catherine L. Taylor is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at East Carolina University College of Nursing in Greenville, N.C., and an RN at WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, N.C. Tyler N. Edgerton is a graduate student at East Carolina University College of Nursing and an RN at Carolina House in Durham, N.C. Caitlin McArthur is a graduate student at East Carolina University College of Nursing and a nurse specialist at the Guilford County (N.C.) Department of Public Health. Jordan K. Myers is a graduate student at East Carolina University College of Nursing and an RN at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Lindsie O'Hagan is a graduate student at East Carolina University College of Nursing and a flight nurse for Vidant EastCare in Greenville, N.C. Molly Wells is a graduate student at East Carolina University College of Nursing and an associate degree nursing instructor at Beaufort County Community College in Washington, N.C. Mary Ann Rose is a professor of nursing at East Carolina University College of Nursing.

Nursing Management
|September 2, 2020
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