Support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act, PCHETA S.2243

I am a constituent in your district. I am requesting your support for the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act, PCHETA S.2243, a bipartisan bill to improve the lives of patients with serious illness and their care partners. I support this bill because it will help ensure that a sufficient and well-trained workforce is ready to serve patients and their families as the aging population needs more health care resources. Additionally, this care can also help control some costs to our health care system. If enacted, this bill will create a national public education campaign for patients in healthcare teams about palliative care availability and benefits, including the use of POLST. It would expand federal support of research around palliative care, including better treatments for pain and other symptoms, and the use of POLST. The bill would also establish and expand training programs in palliative care for doctors and other members of the healthcare team. Please help by endorsing this bill.