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Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice
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Massachusetts Nurse Practitioners Step Up as One Solution to the Primary Care Access Problem

A Political Success Story

Gloria Craven, MSN

Craven & Ober Policy Strategists, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, GCraven{at}policystrategists.com

Stacey Ober, JD, RN

Craven & Ober Policy Strategists, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ political experience with efforts to insure all citizens provided a unique opportunity for nurse practitioners to address the growing need for access to primary care. Passage of a new statute to recognize nurse practitioners as primary care providers that health plan beneficiaries could choose was accomplished through strategic planning and political savvy. The results of a focused effort using the expertise of a professional lobbying team along with organizational support resulted in a groundbreaking new law that is a component of a reform model being examined by the nation as a whole, looking to address accessible, quality, and affordable health care. This article chronicles that journey and its accomplishment.

Key Words: Advanced nursing practice • Coverage/access • Political action • Private health plans • Medicaid • State legislation

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, Vol. 10, No. 2, 94-100 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1527154409344627
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