Action Alert
American Hospital Association (AHA) Action Alerts notify members about advocacy opportunities on health care issues and legislation.
Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Tracey Mann, R-Kan., are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter asking House members to sign a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services expressing concerns about the recently announced 340B Rebate Model…
Ask lawmakers to protect access to care, Support hospitals. Share why certain policies need to be extended and how funding reductions would impact access to care in your community.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in its outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2026, issued proposals to accelerate the timeline for clawing back funds resulting from the agency’s unlawful policy between calendar years 2018 and 2022, as well as to…
It is important to engage with your lawmakers while they are home and discuss the impact that the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and additional policy proposals that are under consideration will have on hospitals’ ability to provide care.
The Senate today voted 51 to 50, with a deciding vote by Vice President J.D. Vance, to pass its version of the budget reconciliation bill.
Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., is expected to introduce an amendment to the Senate budget reconciliation bill during the vote-a-rama in the coming hours. The amendment would dramatically impact expansion states.
The Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill proposes even GREATER CUTS to the Medicaid program than the House bill.
The Senate draft budget reconciliation bill is expected to be introduced for a vote by mid-week. The time to act is now.
AHA members across the country are reaching out to their lawmakers this week, both in Washington, D.C., and in their home states, to deliver key messages on the impact of the proposals in the House and Senate versions of the budget reconciliation draft legislation.
Please contact your senators and urge them to oppose any efforts to further weaken SDP and provider tax provisions as passed by the House. Changes under consideration by the Senate would deteriorate hospital Medicaid reimbursement rates and threaten access for all patients.