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AHA expresses support for Save Healthcare Workers Act

The AHA May 8 voiced support for the Save Healthcare Workers Act to House and Senate sponsors of the legislation. The bipartisan bill would make it a federal crime to assault hospital workers, similar to current federal law protecting airline and airport workers.
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Act Now to Protect Access to Care

With a final vote in the Senate possible as early as this weekend and key provisions still being negotiated, it’s critical that we reach out now to Senate and House Republicans to urge them to protect access to health care and services in communities.
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Coalition ad links decisions on Medicaid cuts by Congress to impacts on hospitals

Coalition ad links decisions on Medicaid cuts by Congress to impacts on hospitals
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Analysis: Rural hospitals at risk due to cuts in OBBA

Data from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that health care cuts under consideration in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) could place over 300 rural hospitals across the U.S. at risk of closure, conversion or service reductions.
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Your Voice Matters — Protect Access to Care in Your Community

As the Senate eyes a vote next week on its reconciliation bill, the next few days are crucial for reaching out to your senators and urging them to make changes to the current package.
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America Needs Strong Hospitals to Support Healthy and Thriving Communities

We are continuing our full court press to make the case to lawmakers that enacting significant cuts to Medicaid would jeopardize access to care for the more than 72 million people who rely on the program.
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Importance of Medicaid to seniors highlighted in Coalition ad

The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare May 13 released a new 30-second television and digital advertisement about a family considering whether it can afford to send an elderly relative to a nursing home if Congress makes cuts to Medicaid.
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As Reconciliation Bill Shifts to the Senate, We Must Speak Up to Protect Medicaid and Access to Care

After approval in the House last week by a one vote margin, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a sweeping package that would enact many of President Trump’s legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction, including significant changes and cuts to Medicaid and other health care programs — now moves to the Senate.
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AHA’s Hughes discusses advocacy priorities, political landscape on Capitol Hill

Stacey Hughes, AHA's executive vice president for government relations and public policy, discussed at the 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting key issues being considered on Capitol Hill that would impact hospitals and health systems.
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Uniting to Protect Access to Care for Patients and Communities

After a week’s delay to try to build consensus among Republicans — due in large part to concerns we have been raising about Medicaid cuts —  the House Energy & Commerce Committee could begin next week drafting its portion of the budget reconciliation bill as part of President Trump’s agenda to advance tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high income individuals.