The AHA is engaging in early primary states, including Nevada and South Carolina, with ads about affordability and rural health care to ensure issues important to hospitals and health systems stay in front of candidates. The AHA's We Care, We Vote webpage contains resources for hospital and health system leaders to use to prepare for the 2020 election. To learn more about AHA's We Care, We Vote initiative, visit wecarewevote.aha.org

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Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, introduced the Rural Maternity Options for Medical Support Act on May 19. The bill would guarantee that beds used solely for labor…
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The House Education and Workforce Committee May 21 unanimously passed the Transparency in Billing Act (H.R. 8684). The bill would require off-campus hospital…
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The AHA shared the following statement with the media in response to a report released May 7 by Families USA.   “This report is long on rhetoric and…
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The AHA May 7 wrote to House and Senate lawmakers in support of the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act (H.R. 8375/S. 4384), bipartisan and bicameral…
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An AHA blog says an essay published in The New York Times wrongly frames hospitals as the leading “culprit” behind rising health care costs. “It…
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The Health Resources and Services Administration will award grants to rural hospitals and other providers from two areas of its Rural Communities Opioid…