Inside Health Policy: CHCs Tie Funding Push To MAHA Agenda Ahead Of Sept. 30 Deadline

Advocates for Community Health’s Senior Vice President of Policy & Government Affairs Stephanie Krenrich was interviewed exclusively for this article, published today in Inside Health Policy: “As we talk to Republicans, either the administration or others, we are consistently tying any increase in our funding to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ (and) highlighting our positive vision […]

Community Health Centers: Separating Myths from Facts

Since the first Community Health Center (CHC) opened in 1965, our nation’s largest primary care network has expanded to over 1,500 sites, now serving more than 32.5 million people across the United States and its territories—in both rural and urban communities. Despite their growth and critical role in healthcare delivery, several misconceptions about CHCs persist, […]

Fierce Healthcare: HHS rescinds undocumented immigrant access to federal health benefits

Advocates for Community Health was mentioned in this article by Noah Tong in Fierce Healthcare: Groups representing community health centers (CHCs) reacted to the regulatory shift, some uncertain how to best comply with federal law now. “Federal law requires CHCs to accept ‘all residents of the area served by the center,’ the National Association of […]

Statement on HHS Policy Change for Undocumented Immigrants

In response to today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinding a 1998 policy that granted undocumented immigrants access to certain federal health benefits—including the Health Center Program—Advocates for Community Health (ACH) has issued the following statement: “Today’s announcement from HHS imposes new administrative hurdles on the Health Center Program […]

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. […]

Ongoing Uncertainty and Threat of Government Shutdown is Dire for Community Health Centers

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 […]

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