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NHSC Representative Support

Contact Your Representative NOW & Ask Them to Support the NHSC

by Rick Brown May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
The clock is ticking: just 143 days remain until ALL funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) expires. By that time, the one-time allotment of $800 million provided for ...
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ACU Policy & Advocacy Update: Proposed Legislation’s Medicaid Work Requirements Could Reduce Enrollment and Limit Access to Care

by Rick Brown May 3, 2023
On April 26th, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 passed by a slim party-line margin of 217 to 215 in the House of Representatives. Excluding the three absent votes, ...
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House Hearing Spotlights How the NHSC Builds a Stronger Heath Workforce & Improves Primary Care

House Hearing Spotlights How the NHSC Builds a Stronger Heath Workforce & Improves Primary Care

by Rick Brown April 20, 2023April 26, 2023
Yesterday the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a legislative hearing with significant implications for efforts to preserve funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), which expires in ...
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Urgent: Contact Your Senators Now & Ask Them to Support the NHSC

by Rick Brown April 4, 2023April 5, 2023
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) continues to face a devastating funding cliff in a matter of days. As you may know, the NHSC serves more than 23 million people in our ...
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Senator Durbin (D-IL) Calls for Bipartisan Efforts to Renew National Health Service Corps Funding

by Rick Brown April 4, 2023April 4, 2023
On March 30, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke in the U.S. Senate calling for bipartisan work to help address the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage by passing legislation to preserve funding ...
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Thank You, Advocates: You Garnered Support in the House, Now Let’s Push for the Senate!

by Jenn Dix March 23, 2023April 4, 2023
Update: Contact Your Senators Now & Ask Them to Support the NHSCThis effort has now moved to the Senate! Let's keep up the momentum.The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) continues to ...
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ACU Endorses NHSC Funding Bill

ACU Commends Bipartisan Initiative to Fund the National Health Service Corps

by Rick Brown March 16, 2023April 4, 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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