Health Policy Issues Brief:
The National Emergency Access Target: Aiming for the target but what about the goal?
Authored by Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research Summer Scholar Katherine Silk, this brief evaluates the efficacy of
the National Emergency Access Targets and identifies the implications for policy - makers, health service leaders and clinicians.
Not exact matches
Declaring a
national emergency could help deliver additional funds and more
access to treatment and gives the government more flexibility to act quickly.
Harlin McEwen, chair of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) Corporation — formed in 2007 by the FCC to work with industry to develop the
national wireless public safety broadband network — gave a more pointed reason: the companies bidding for the space wanted priority
access to the D block space over first responders, even in times of
emergency.
The closure of primary entrance routes to Death Valley
National Park and Ash Meadows
National Wildlife Refuge has limited nearly all
emergency access for residents and visitors alike, compromising their safety and impacting the region's economy.
Verdict: These accounts have the benefit of paying you a lot more interest compared to the
national average for savings accounts, but it can sometimes be difficult to immediately
access your funds in the event of an
emergency.
Planned Parenthood's free offer is part of the
national Back Up Your Birth Control campaign, designed to expand
access to
emergency contraception by increasing public education and awareness about this very safe and effective method of preventing pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex.
This number is operated by Childhelp ®,
National Child Abuse Hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with professional crisis counselors who have
access to a database of 55,000
emergency, social service, and support resources.