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Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Health Care Workforce
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize funding for the infrastructure that supports the health care workforce needs of the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future.
Fact Sheet: Support Health Care Heroes
The front-line caregivers in the COVID-19 crisis, including nurses, physicians, facilities management personnel, technicians and other health care providers, are working around the clock to care for patients and our communities.
Data Brief: Health Care Workforce Challenges Threaten Hospitals’ Ability to Care for Patients
More than 20 months after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the U.S., the pandemic continues to affect communities across the country and has pushed our health care system to the brink, with the latest surge from the delta variant raising new challenges.
Fact Sheet: Increased Graduate Medical Education Needed to Preserve Access to Care
We urge Congress to increase the number of Medicare-supported GME residency positions. The AHA supports the bipartisan Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 (H.R.2256/S.834) which adds 14,000 Medicare-funded residency slots over the next seven years.
Fact Sheet: AHA Priorities for Budget Reconciliation Package to Support America’s Hospitals and Health Systems
It is imperative that Congress invest in America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure
that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future. The AHA supports
investments in infrastructure, such as the health care workforce, behavioral health, the
accessibility and affordability of health care coverage, emergency preparedness and the health
care supply chain, telehealth and cybersecurity, among other areas.
Fact Sheet: Advocacy Priorities for Fall 2022
America’s hospitals and health systems continue to deal with the difficult challenges of high inflation and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, hospitals are facing significant increases in costs of labor from workforce shortages, drugs, equipment and supplies (including food and energy costs) that are threatening their stability and ability to provide access to high quality health care services. The AHA has developed resources that hospital leaders can use to advocate on these important issues.
Factsheet: The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017
Background
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 imposed caps on the number of residents for which each teaching hospital is eligible to receive Medicare direct graduate medical education (DGME