Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources from the American Hospital Association (AHA) on advocacy and public policy health care issues.
Todays decision rightly puts the needs of patients first in ensuring they have access to health care coverage that is affordable.
Inauguration Day ushers in a new era of change in Washington. Republicans and Democrats will assemble together to watch Donald Trump take the oath of office, and to celebrate the peaceful passing of power that is a hallmark of our democracy. Meanwhile, across America, health care needs don’t take a…
David Perlstein, M.D., president and CEO for SBH Health System in Bronx, N.Y., will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Committee for Clinical Leadership (CCL) as chair of its 27-member committee for 2017.
The AHA strongly supports the nomination of Dr. David Shulkin as Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Elaine Couture, R.N., BSN, MBA, executive vice president/chief executive Providence Health & Services eastern Washington/Montana, will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals as chair of its 26-member council for 2017.
Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO of Winona Health in Winona, Minn., will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2017.
Joe McDonald, FACHE, president and CEO of Catholic Health System, one of the largest providers of healthcare in Western New York, is the 2017 Council chairman of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) constituency section for Health Care Systems.
Margie Beadles, volunteer/auxilian at CoxHealth in Springfield, MO, is the 2017 chair of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Committee on Volunteers.
This week, lawmakers in Washington were sworn in for the new session of Congress – and Republicans took the first step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. The Senate introduced a budget resolution implementing a special legislative process called reconciliation that could repeal some, though…
Patricia M. DePompei, R.N., M.S.N., president of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and MacDonald Women's Hospital in Cleveland, is the 2017 chair of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Maternal and Child Health Council.