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AHA Statement “Exploring Pathways to Affordable, Universal Health Coverage Care”
America’s hospitals and health systems play a central role in delivering health care in this country and are committed to the goal of affordable, comprehensive health coverage for every American. We believe we should build upon and improve our existing system to increase access to coverage of comprehensive health benefits.
AHA House Statement: America’s Mental Health Crisis February 2, 2022
AHA statement submitted to the House Ways and Means for a hearing on the nation’s mental health crisis.
AHA Senate Statement: Recruiting, Revitalizing & Diversifying: Examining the Health Care Workforce Shortage
Statement of the
American Hospital Association to the
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
of the
AHA Senate Statement: Stopping COVID-19 Fraud and Price Gouging
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners – includi
AHA House Statement: Pandemic Profiteers: Legislation to Stop Corporate Price Gouging
the American Hospital Association (AHA) appreciates the opportunity to submit for the record our comments regarding concerns about anticompetitive conduct on the part of health care staffing agencies, some of which have been exploiting the severe shortage of health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AHA Senate Testimony on “Antitrust Applied: Hospital Consolidation Concerns and Solutions”
Being a member of a health system brings measurable benefits to patients and health system employees: lower health care costs, improved patient care, better access to health care providers, and increased investment in technology and equipment.
AHA House Statement: "Caring for America: Legislation to Support Patients, Caregivers, and Providers.”
AHA urges Congress to enact the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667) and prioritize funding to support the nation’s health care workforce needs during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
AHA Senate Statement “COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities: Perspectives, Experiences, and Lessons Learned”
Since the first COVID-19 cases were diagnosed and the pandemic changed the ways in which patients were able to access traditional health care settings, providers were required to navigate significant challenges to ensure their services were still able to reach millions of patients. In response, Congress and the Administration granted various flexibilities intended to improve access and facilitate the delivery of safe, quality care. As health care providers reflect on lessons learned and plan a post-pandemic course for the future, it is evident that several of the flexibilities have enhanced the patient experience and led to better outcomes.
Statement of the AHA on “COVID-19 Part II: Evaluating the Medical Supply Chain and Pandemic Response Gaps”
A strong and reliable medical supply chain is a critical and integral component to delivering safe and effective high quality care to patients; however, it has become increasingly clear that the level of fragility across our national medical supply chain is unsustainable and poses significant risk to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients and communities they serve.
Antitrust Laws and Their Effects on Healthcare Providers, Insurers and Patients
Melinda Hatton, general counsel and senior vice president of the AmericanHospital Association provides feedback on the impact of the antitrust laws on ournation's hospital, and hospitals' efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of care.