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  Budget reconciliation is an optional process under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 that allows for expedited consideration of certain fiscal legislation that makes changes to mandatory spending, revenues and/or the debt limit.
  
  AHA Today is a newsletter that brings you a roundup of news and resources from the AHA.
  
  The AHA Board of Trustees created the Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and conducted field hearings to speak with hospital and…  
  Growing strategic competition between China and the West – particularly the United States – will increasingly play out in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, and when coupled with AI’s ability to process large datasets, will increase the strategic importance of genomic data, biometric…  
  This report, published once a month, is an in-depth analysis of a geopolitical trend whose cascading consequences adversely impact the healthcare sector. 
  
  Huggins Hospital, a small rural hospital in New Hampshire, offers a comprehensive diabetes education program, bolstered by nutrition services and designed to help individuals manage or prevent diabetes.
  
  AHA and other health organizations urge Congress to protect patient access to clinical laboratory services by enacting needed reforms to the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS).
  
  Rural hospital leaders from across the country came together to share strategies and insights for improving safety culture, governance and care reliability.
  
   In 2060, the number of Americans age 65 and older is projected to increase to 95 million, making up almost a quarter of the U.S. population.
  
  In March 2024, Exodus Intelligence discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Cloud Files Minifilter driver.
  
