Advocacy Updates

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No-Surprise Medical Bills Law Goes into Effect for Social Workers and Other Healthcare Providers

A new federal rule to protect consumers from surprise health care bills went into effect Jan. 1, and this rule includes LCSWs. NASW...

Your Stories Needed: Cases of Medicare Patients Unable to Get Substance Abuse Help

NASW is working in partnership with the Legal Action Center’s Medicare Addiction Parity Project to collect stories from people who use...

What is it like to be placed in solitary confinement in VA?

20 hours in a 7-by-10 foot cell for 20 hours a day Little environmental stimulation No required access to mental or medical health...

NASW Foundation Received $3.3 Million Joint Grant with University of Texas-Austin for Social Work...

NASW Foundation Received $3.3 Million Joint Grant with University of Texas-Austin for Social Worker Vaccination Trainings NASW Foundation...

Act Now to Increase Clinical Social Worker Medicare Reimbursement Rates, Increase Access to Care

It’s time for Metro DC social workers to use their clout and expertise to ask Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton to support and...

NASW Action Alert: Contact Your Congressional Representatives about Addressing Climate Change

It's time to act on climate change and environmental justice! Contact your elected officials to amplify the messages that climate change...

Action Alert! Provide Your Feedback on Proposed CY 2022 Medicare Reimbursement!

On July 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule regarding CY 2022 Medicare payments under the...

Social Workers: Join the “March On for Voting Rights” Event August 28 in Washington, DC

RSVP today to join social workers from Virginia, Metro DC, and other states for a March On for Voting Rights event August 28 at 11 a.m....

Calling all Social Workers to contact your lawmakers in Congress.

Your help is needed to build on momentum created from NASW’s recent virtual Social Work Advocacy Day, when social workers met with nearly...

It's Time for President Biden to Keep the Promise to Eliminate Student Debt for Dedicated Public ...

It's Time for President Biden to Keep the Promise to Eliminate Student Debt for Dedicated Public Service Workers NASW and NASW Virginia...