Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals

12/15/2025

THE CRISIS ISN'T COMING--IT'S HERE: Last week, the Senate voted NOT to extend ACA subsidies, turning their backs on the American people and igniting a healthcare crisis that is already exploding at the bedside. Patients are already paying the price. PASNAP President Maureen May spoke to WGAL the day the Senate proposals failed.

If you are among the half-million people using Pennie, the Affordable Care Act service in Pennsylvania, your premiums may have already increased by hundreds or even thousands of dollars

12/12/2025

Thank you CBS Philadelphia for highlighting our fight to push Congress to extend ACA tax credits.

This funding is CRITICAL — for hospital operations, for patient care, and for keeping healthcare accessible in our communities.

If Congress fails to extend these credits, healthcare costs will skyrocket, hitting hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians and the hospitals that care for them.

Have you or a loved one been impacted by rising healthcare costs?
Share your story: https://bit.ly/4rSv6e9

Take Action — Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid and Patient Care:
https://pasnap.quorum.us/campaign/147837/

12/11/2025

Our own Sabrina Nixon and Selena Hodge (Temple University Hospital Allied Professionals) and Shirley Gardiner (Temple University Hospital Nurses Association) proudly representing nurses and health professionals with our elected leaders!

12/11/2025

Today, Senators had the opportunity to vote to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits and protect access to healthcare for working Americans for three more years -- but that vote failed 51 to 48. All Senate Democrats and four Republicans voted for it, but the effort fell far short of the 60 votes it needed to pass.

Read our press release and watch our full press conference from yesterday, urging Senators to maintain access to healthcare for millions of Americans: https://www.pasnap.com/news/pasnap-urges-senators-to-extend-aca-premium-tax-credits-and-avert-a-catastrophic-patient-care-crisis-for-every-patient-and-hospital-in-pa/

12/11/2025

Skyrocketing premiums, service cuts, and thousands of people dropping their health insurance - if our elected officials allow the ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits to expire, we know first hand it will be a DISASTER for our health systems, especially for our patients in our rural areas.

Tell your Congress member to extend this crucial tax credits and protect access to healthcare: https://bit.ly/protect-our-healthcare

12/11/2025

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Heart of God Family Worship Center is hosting a LIVE public forum calling on Tower Health to reverse detrimental cuts to services at Pottstown Hospital.

Tune in *LIVE* to hear from community leaders, as well as two PASNAP nurses who work at Pottstown hospital.

Don’t forget to sign the petition and help us fight to protect critical services for Pottstown patients at ShameOnTowerHealth.com

12/10/2025

TONIGHT:
Pottstown community leaders and nurses are taking a stand against Tower Health’s dangerous cuts at Pottstown Hospital.

PASNAP is demanding that Tower Health reverse course and keep these vital services open. The community deserves care — not abandonment.

Show up. Speak out. Pottstown is worth fighting for.

Sign the petition to help us fight to protect these critical services for our patients:
ShameOnTowerHealth.com

Our community is at a crossroads, and one of its strongest voices is speaking out. On Wednesday Dec 10th at 7pm, Heart of the City welcomes NAACP President Johnny Corson to talk about the Pottstown Hospital crisis and why this fight matters to every resident. We’ll be discussing his journey, the c...

12/10/2025

"That's like a smack in the face."

The U.S. Department of Education has proposed a plan to erase nursing from the federal definition of “professional degree” programs — putting eligibility for crucial federal loans at risk.

Let’s be clear: this would devastate the nursing workforce. It would make it harder to recruit and retain advanced practice RNs — especially in rural and underserved communities that already struggle to get care.

Patients will pay the price.

Nursing is a profession. Nurses are essential. And we refuse to be pushed aside.

PASNAP is joining nurses nationwide to demand the Department of Education fix this reckless proposal and explicitly include nursing — NOW.

12/03/2025

Excluding nursing from the federal definition of a “professional degree” program for loan eligibility is insulting, short-sighted, and harmful—to the profession of nursing, to the workforce pipeline, and ultimately to safe patient care.

PASNAP joins nurses nationwide in demanding that the Department of Education immediately revise its proposed definition and explicitly include nursing.

12/03/2025

"MUCH, MUCH WORSE": The Keystone Labor Report covers the insulting and unbelievably destructive move by the US Department of Education to classify advanced nursing and healthcare degrees as not "professional," thereby disqualifying applicants for the full amount in federal loans they would be eligible for otherwise. PASNAP's own President Maureen May and Executive Boardmember Bernadette Golarz are quoted.

Changes from President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will make it harder for students to obtain nursing and other advanced degrees.

12/01/2025

Over the weekend, PASNAP nurses from St. Mary Medical Center brought the holiday cheer to their annual Bowling with Santa event at Lucky Strike!
Members, loved ones and the community came together for a day of fun, family, and solidarity—meeting Santa and Mrs. Claus, and even connecting with local legislators. 🎅🧑‍🎄🎳

Special thanks to Joe Hogan for State Representative and Rep. Tarik Khan for coming out and supporting our team at St Mary Medical Center during the holiday season!

12/01/2025

Among the many frustrations of frontline healthcare workers, "doctors and nurses cite the growing dominance of corporate ownership of medical practices, the salaries paid to nonclinical hospital executives, scheduling and work conditions." PASNAP nurses Debbi Bozeman and Jim Gentile weigh in in this Bucks County Herald story.

There is difficulty finding a physician who accepts new patients and the time to get an appointment. And if you’re in need of a specialist, measure that time in weeks