Access & Health Coverage
The AHA's hospitals and health systems have significant concerns regarding the harmful Medicaid and Health Insurance Marketplace provisions currently included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
The AHA May 21 voiced support to Senate and House sponsors of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, legislation that would reduce the variation in prior authorization methods used for Medicare Advantage plans.
Three key House committees — Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture — after long debates and discussions this week advanced their portions of a massive reconciliation bill aimed at realizing President Trump’s legislative agenda.
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…
We need to talk about protecting access to care by rejecting cuts to Medicaid, additional so-called site-neutral payment policies and harmful changes to the 340B program.
The AHA voiced support for the Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act (H.R.1924), legislation that would provide reimbursement for long-term care hospitals. In comments to the bill’s sponsors, Reps. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., and Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the AHA highlighted declines…
April 15, 2025The Honorable Kevin HernU.S. House of Representatives171 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515The Honorable Brendan BoyleU.S. House of Representatives1502 Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Dear Representatives Hern and Boyle:
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., for a critical three-week stretch in which House and Senate Republicans are seeking to strike a compromise on a common budget resolution that would allow them to start the budget reconciliation process to push through priorities on taxes, border security,…
With March kicking off tomorrow, we’re approaching March Madness when college basketball teams across the country compete in the annual tournament that often is full of twists, turns and surprises.
One month from today — March 14 — government funding expires, and congressional action is needed to keep the government running.