Bob Guardabasco, NJSRC President-Elect Bob Guardabasco, PACT chairperson, Joseph Goss, Delegate, and Daryl Rogers, Delegate represented New Jersey on April 4 in Washington, D.C. for the AARC Hill Lobby Day. Along with over 100 respiratory therapists and patients, members of Congress were called upon to support legislation that would expand patient access to respiratory therapists […]
Virtual Lobby Week: How’d We Do?
Thank you to those who took the time and participated in the 2017 AARC Virtual Lobby Week. While we did not make the top ten this year, we will succeed next year! Here is the final breakdown:
Iowa Wrap Up Message
The state of Iowa made the news in February for becoming the next state facing deregulation, keyword being “next”. Their state legislature introduced a bill on February 21 that posed to eliminate several licensing boards, among them Iowa’s Board of Respiratory Care. After this news broke, practitioners across the country hit social media expressing both […]
Virtual Lobby Week has Begun!
Today begins the AARC 2017 VLW, where we can help each other make a difference in Washington D.C. This year, over 120 other respiratory therapists will meet with congressional representatives advocating the important role respiratory therapist play in telehealth. Last year the AARC had over 30,000 messages sent but NJ had 480; that placed us […]
2017 Virtual Lobby Week – Let the Advocacy Begin!
2017 Virtual Lobby Week has Begun! Congress Needs to Hear from You! Whether you are a respiratory therapist, student, physician, patient or caregiver, or a friend of the respiratory care profession, we have a letter for you to send. The AARC is asking the respiratory profession and the pulmonary patient community to use the AARC […]
