Federal Budget Would Eliminate $403 million of Funding for Education of Nurses & Other Health Prof.

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Here is the statement from the American Assn. of Colleges of Nursing, that described the importance of these funds.

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/government-affairs/AACN-FY2018-House-Testimony_3_8_17.pdf

The National Institutes of Health and many other health care programs would also see huge cuts.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nih-would-see-huge-budget-cut-under-presidents-proposal/2017/03/15/8b6345cc-099e-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.71ed10b27723

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/federal-health-department-would-face-a-nearly-18-percent-cut/2017/03/15/b2a51242-09a2-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0_story.html?tid=hybrid_collaborative_1_na&utm_term=.44f1857188d5

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From today’s New York Times: “The brunt of the cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would be at the National Institutes of Health, the country’s medical research hub. The $403 million currently used for training nurses and other medical professionals would also be eliminated.”

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/canadian-nurses-working-in-us-rejected-1.4026554

Canadian advanced practice nurses blocked from continuing to work in Detroit

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