ACH CEO Amanda Pears Kelly spoke with Bloomberg Government about the growing strain on community health centers amid the ongoing federal shutdown. In the interview with reporter Erin Durkin, Pears Kelly noted that currently CHCs can access short-term funding but face greater unknowns as the shutdown persists. She stated, “What that looks like as this […]
ACH CEO Amanda Pears Kelly was interviewed by Modern Healthcare to discuss how the federal government shutdown is affecting segments of the healthcare system—particularly community health centers. She told reporter Michael McAuliff that a gap in federal funding will worsen their financial strain because “They don’t have backup dollars,” and most health centers don’t have enough […]
Advocates for Community Health issued the following statement in response to the Federal Government shutdown, in effect today: Advocates for Community Health (ACH) warns that a federal government shutdown could be devastating for community health centers and the nearly 34 million patients who depend on them if a resolution is not reached quickly. Already facing staggering […]
The federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is set to cut billions from Medicaid. The effects won’t just be felt in Washington, but in your county, your local emergency department, and health clinic. We’re getting to the heart of those cuts in this episode of Community Health Centers, Unfiltered with Blaire Bryant. Blaire is […]
Two ACH Board members, Anne Kauffman Nolon, CEO of Sun River Health and Christy Trotter, CEO of Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, were interviewed for this article in Axios: “Local health facilities will be ground zero for the sweeping Medicaid changes that the GOP budget law unleashed,” reports Maya Goldman at Axios. The $1 trillion […]
Community Health Centers (CHCs), also called Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), may be our nation’s best health policy experiment, delivering a bold return on investment in the sixty years since their inception. Every $1 invested in primary care returns $13 in saved downstream costs. From urban areas to rural communities, CHCs play a crucial role […]
ACH was featured in this article from Inside Health Policy on the HHS policy change for undocumented immigrants and the Health Center Program: CHC advocates point out that the Congressional Budget Office has found the centers reduce federal spending and ease burdens and use of higher-cost emergency services. “The policy announced today will drive people […]
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, on behalf of our health center members and the patients they serve, is deeply disappointed in today’s vote by the House to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R. 1). We are alarmed by the potential consequences of this legislation, which threatens to hinder health centers’ ability to address chronic conditions, offer substance […]
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. […]