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ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: Urgent: Contact Your Senators Now & Ask Them to Support the NHSC

by Rick Brown March 28, 2023
Funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) continues to face a devastating funding cliff. As you may know, the NHSC serves more than 23 million people in our nation's medically underserved ...
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ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: Urgent Call To Action: Contact Your Representative Today and Ask Them to Support the NHSC

by Jenn Dix March 23, 2023
Contact Your House Representative Today by 1 p.m. EST to Help #SaveTheNHSC Funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) is facing a devastating funding cliff, and we need your ...
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ACU Endorses NHSC Funding Bill

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: ACU Commends Bipartisan Initiative to Fund the National Health Service Corps

by Rick Brown March 16, 2023March 16, 2023
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) applauds the introduction of the Restoring America’s Health Care Workforce and Readiness Act, a bipartisan bill being led by Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Rubio ...
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FY24 Presidential Budget Request and the Healthcare Workforce

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: The President’s FY24 Budget and the Healthcare Workforce

by Rick Brown March 14, 2023
The President's FY24 Budget and the Healthcare Workforce Last Thursday, President Joe Biden released his Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Budget outlining his Administration's chief fiscal priorities and requests for funding, including those ...
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NHSC Funding Ends in 204 Days

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: National Health Service Corps Funding Ends in 204 Days!

by Rick Brown March 10, 2023
The future of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), health centers, and other vital programs for medically underserved communities is at risk. We need your voice to help us protect and expand ...
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ACU Pears Kelly Senate Testimony on Value of Community Health Centers

Investing in CHCs Saves Lives and Money: ACU Executive Director Testifies at Senate Hearing

by Rick Brown March 2, 2023March 2, 2023
With nearly a third of Americans lacking access to primary care, the work of community health centers (CHCs) is more crucial than ever. Yet health centers are facing unprecedented challenges: ...
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Senate Committee Hearing and ACU Testimony from Amanda Pears Kelly

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: ACU Executive Director to Testify at U.S. Senate HELP Committee Hearing, “Community Health Centers: Saving Lives, Saving Money”

by Rick Brown March 1, 2023March 1, 2023
Tomorrow, March 2, at 10 a.m. ET, ACU Executive Director and Advocates for Community Health CEO Amanda Pears Kelly will join Ben Harvey, Chief Executive Officer of our member Indiana ...
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ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: A Looming End to the Public Health Emergency and the Beginning of Medicaid Unwinding

by Rick Brown February 9, 2023February 13, 2023
As the Public Health Emergency Comes to an End, Medicaid Unwinding Begins: What This Means for Health Centers On January 31, 2020, the Trump Administration declared a Public Health Emergency ...
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COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Health Centers

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended to April 11, 2023

by Rick Brown January 25, 2023
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) was extended on January 11th and will remain in place at least through April 11, 2023. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide ...
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FY23 Omnibus Bill Analysis

ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: The FY23 Omnibus Bill: What’s Included, What’s Not, and What It May Mean for Healthcare

by Rick Brown December 21, 2022February 13, 2023
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, Congress released a massive federal spending bill to fund the government through the 2023 fiscal year and avert a shutdown – most recently, the Continuing Resolution was ...
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Join ACU at our 2023 Conference! From July 23-26 in Washington, D.C., our Conference will unite hundreds of clinicians, administrators, advocates, and health leaders to explore expanding access to care and improving healthcare delivery for medically underserved populations. Register by June 9 for Early Bird savings on 20+ CME-accredited sessions, Pre-Conference Trainings on the CHC workforce and JEDI, a dedicated Hill Day for advocacy visits, engaging keynotes, networking, and more! ACU Members and students receive considerable discounts. Learn more.

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