Advocates for Community Health (ACH) is grateful for the bipartisan support for community health centers and the funding increase secured through the end of 2026. Specifically, the Community Health Center Program was funded at $4.6 billion through the end of 2026. We recognize that advancing this legislation, particularly through the end of the calendar year, […]
Congressional leaders on Tuesday (Jan. 20) unveiled a bipartisan health care package, which was quietly negotiated over the past two weeks, that would extend key Medicare telehealth flexibilities, continue mandatory funding for community health centers, implement a handful of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms, and reauthorize a slate of expiring public health and Medicare programs, […]
The following statement was issued today by Advocates for Community Health CEO Amanda Pears Kelly, in response to the proposed bipartisan FY26 Appropriations “Minibus” announcement: “We are grateful for the bipartisan support for health centers and the funding increase included through the end of 2026. Advancing this legislation required significant collaboration and reflects a shared […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Dear ACH Members, I know many might be questioning what this election means for health centers, wondering if the outcome changes the focus of our work towards securing health center funding, realizing 340B reform, advocating for workforce needs, ensuring financial sustainability for health centers, and more. ACH has prepared for this outcome and stands ready to fight […]
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 […]
Advocates for Community Health (ACH) is grateful to the Commonwealth Fund for its 2024 National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers, which demonstrates the critical importance of these safety net clinics to our nation’s underserved communities while showing in real time the barriers they face in delivering much-needed care. The survey shows that health centers […]
