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Initiatives/Campaigns
Learn more about AHA's We Care, We Vote initiative, our advocacy agenda, find your local elections website, and learn about the candidates and their positions on the issues that matter to you.
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AHA Annual Membership Meeting 2024 Advocacy Messages Card

Hospitals and health systems continue to face unprecedented challenges, including workforce shortages, soaring costs of providing care, severe underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelming regulatory burdens. These challenges are jeopardizing patients’ access to 24/7 care and services.
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A Guide to Working with Members of Congress

An ongoing dialogue with your elected officials is the best way to ensure they understand how the decisions they make in Washington, D.C., will affect their constituents back home. No one better than you can explain the complexities of health care delivery and the impact on your community.

Advocacy Issues

AHA is engaged on a number of evolving issues that impact the field and the patients and communities that hospitals and health systems serve. Each issue page explains the issue, outlines AHA’s position and provides resources and other supporting materials to help advocates succeed in their work.

AHA Statement on "Evaluating Approaches to Diagnostic Test Regulation and the Impact of FDA’s Proposed Rule."

AHA statement before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on the impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed regulation of diagnostic tests.
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Coalition Redoubles Efforts to Strengthen America’s Health Care with New Name and Renewed Focus

The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care will now be known as the Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare: Protecting 24/7 Care.

Find Your Legislator

Use the Members of Congress tool from congress.gov to find your legislators, past and present.
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AHA Urges More Congressional Action to Help Providers Affected By Change Healthcare Cyberattack

AHA letter to Senators Wyden and Crapo providing an update on recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare and to express concerns regarding the Administration’s proposal to penalize hospitals that don’t meet certain cybersecurity requirements.
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Appropriations Committees Release Spending Bills and Health Extenders Package

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees March 3 released text of six appropriations bills that would fund various agencies of the federal government through the end of the current fiscal year (FY).