“CHC CEOs made it clear to lawmakers that the proposed Medicaid cuts in the reconciliation legislation, on top of the potential funding cliff, would significantly reduce their ability to care for uninsured patients. In response, lawmakers have urged them to innovate and adapt amid a challenging fiscal environment, according to the executives. “Innovate. Do something […]
Advocates for Community Health CEO Amanda Pears Kelly told CBS News yesterday: “Even with the best of intentions, these types of funding freezes can do tremendous harm. And could be irreversible to some communities. What we’re really talking about is a health center’s ability to pay salaries.” Pears Kelly said that health centers often rely […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH) is gravely concerned that progress on the continuing resolution and year-end package has stalled and urges congressional leaders to find a solution to the current impasse. The legislative package now on hold contains two years of mandatory funding for community health centers. ACH urges Congress to include this provision for […]
WASHINGTON – Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a nonpartisan membership organization for federally qualified health centers working to advance forward-thinking health policies, sent a letter to Congress on Friday urging Congressional leadership to include community health center funding and legislation in any end-of-year legislation package. In a communication to U.S. House and Senate leadership, ACH […]
Community Health Centers are the backbone of our nation’s health care system. Advocates for Community Health joins with our partner at National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) in calling on Congress to prioritize 32.5 million health center patients in year-end funding decisions. You can help by contacting your members of Congress today before funding […]
“There’s so much evidence of the value and the return that health centers bring. The Teaching Health Center program is more recent, but for the National Health Service Corps and the Health Center program specifically, we have decades of evidence of the impact — clinically and economically,” Advocates for Community Health CEO Amanda Pears Kelly […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization of community health centers (CHCs), has issued the following statement regarding Paragon Health Institute’s Policy Brief, “Health Care for a Lame Duck” by Jackson Hammond, published on November 14, 2024: ACH urges Congress to reject the Paragon Health Institute’s recent lame duck recommendations as we […]
A major form of funding for community health centers is set to expire at the end of the year. A wide coalition of groups including Advocates for Community Health, which represents health centers, is pushing for an extension of at least three years with a minimum of $5.8 billion a year. Earlier this year, Congress […]
Signatories from health care organizations in all 50 states, representing over 11 million health center patients, emphasized the crucial necessity for maximum health center funding to address unprecedented challenges. WASHINGTON—Advocates for Community Health (ACH), a membership organization for federally qualified health centers working to advance forward-thinking health policies, led over 550 health care organizations […]
ACH’s Health Center Funding Letter was mentioned in POLITICO Pulse: “Community health centers are looking to Congress to offer them more — and more reliable — federal funding in the coming years, Daniel reports. More than 550 groups — community health centers and their allies — will send a letter to House and Senate leadership […]