As the next step in the budget reconciliation process, the Senate is taking up the House-passed version of the budget reconciliation bill. Senate key committees, Senate leaders and others are considering changes to the House’s bill. Within the House-passed legislation are proposals that could lead to more than 10.9 million people losing Medicaid coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Other proposals under consideration would reduce consumers’ access to the Health Insurance Marketplace and put other care sites at risk, particularly in rural and medically underserved areas.
The chamber aims to have the bill ready for a vote on the Senate floor before the July 4 holiday.
Don’t wait! Ask your senators to protect Medicaid, Affordable Care Act coverage gains and access to health care and services in your community. Find resources to help explain that Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage is vital to your communities.
Use these resources and tools to show your legislators the effects their votes will have. Schedule meetings with your senators and representatives — in their home offices or in Washington, D.C. — and tell them what the consequences of their votes will be.
Start building relationships with your legislators and their staffers through calls, emails and face-to-face meetings. Learn how to host a site visit at your hospital and get tips on how to tell your hospital’s story. Your voice can make a difference.
Get up to speed on the issues in which AHA is engaged, due to their significant impact on hospitals and health systems.
The AHA Political Action Committee (AHAPAC) allows eligible hospital leaders to make voluntary donations toward the support of federal candidates of both political parties who support the hospital policy agenda. AHAPAC is bipartisan, working with state hospital associations and others.
For more information, please email pac@aha.org.
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AHA Advocacy Alliance were created to help you engage your legislators on specific issues that have a direct impact on your ability to continue providing quality health services in your community. Alliance activities include special briefing calls and emails to keep members up-to-date on key developments, breakout sessions at AHA Advocacy Days, direct member outreach and other issue-specific resources.
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The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Health Care was formed to protect access to the best quality health care for all Americans. We are a community of more than one million people who recognize the important role hospitals play in communities all over America, and advocate on their behalf to elected officials in Washington who too-often put funding for paitent care on chopping block.
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