House Must Reject Reconciliation Bill to Avert Severe Consequences for Community Health Centers

Advocates for Community Health (ACH) is gravely concerned that the Senate-passed reconciliation bill will undermine community health centers’ ability to serve rural and underserved communities nationwide. As we have said throughout this reconciliation process, health centers have cautioned that this legislation will force them to reduce services, cut hours, or even close their doors altogether. […]

Advocates for Community Health Urges Senate to Reject ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

As a national organization representing Federally Qualified Health Centers, Advocates for Community Health urges the Senate to reject the One Big Beautiful Bill. Health centers serve as the national primary care infrastructure for more than 31 million Americans, but with the proposed cuts to Medicaid and projected coverage losses, this infrastructure will suffer significant harm. […]

Modern Healthcare: 340B may move from HRSA to CMS

The Health and Human Services Department is eyeing a major shakeup with big implications for safety-net providers, reports Modern Healthcare. One potential benefit would be having a single agency managing several prescription drug programs, said Elizabeth Lee, a policy advisor at Advocates for Community Health, which represents community health centers. CMS handles Medicare outpatient drug price […]

Advocates for Community Health Statement on Devastating Medicaid Cuts Passed by U.S. House

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget bill that will seriously harm community health centers, patients, and communities by significantly reducing Medicaid funding and access, which serves as a lifeline for half of all health center patients. The bill also calls for a rushed timeline for implementation, which would create an administrative nightmare […]

Statement on Medicaid Budget Reconciliation Legislation

Tomorrow, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will meet to consider the budget reconciliation legislation released last night. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, this bill would reduce the number of people with health insurance by at least 8.6 million, with many more expected to lose coverage. That amounts to at least 1 in […]

Statement on CBO Analysis of Potential Medicaid Reform Proposals

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)’s analysis of potential Medicaid reform proposals underscores ACH’s prior warnings to Congress: sweeping Medicaid cuts put our country’s health care safety net at risk and would have an outsized impact on patients served by community health centers. If all the proposals reviewed by CBO – including reducing provider taxes, implementing per […]

800+ Organizations Join ACH to Urge Congress to Protect Medicaid for Health Centers

Community health executives from all 50 states signed a letter outlining how substantial reductions in Medicaid funding would come at a cost for our nation’s largest primary care system.   WASHINGTON – Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a nonpartisan membership organization for federally qualified health centers working to advance forward-thinking health policies, led over 800 […]

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