Healthcare Ruling: Analysis from University of Maryland Assistant Dean of School of Nursing

Jane Kapustin, PhD, CRNP, FAANPProfessorAssistant Dean for the MS and DNP Programs University of Maryland School of Nursing

The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA will keep our country on the right path to providing health care for all. As we know, Maryland is farther ahead than most states with setting up insurance exchanges and the technological infrastructure necessary. Today’s decision will solidify the wonderful provisions that the ACA mandates such as removing pre-existing conditions and extending insurance coverage for dependents. As a nurse practitioner on the front lines of health care and who is actively involved with health care reform in Maryland, I am thrilled that our uninsured will benefit under the ACA provisions and this is the right step to eliminating health care disparities.

Jane Kapustin, PhD, CRNP, BC-ADM, FAANPProfessorAssistant Dean for the Master's and DNP Programs University of Maryland School of Nursing655 West Lombard Street, Suite 516Baltimore, MD 21201410-706-3890410-706-3769 fax