Category Statements

ACU Opposes Public Charge Rule

by Bryan Conner September 10, 2020September 11, 2020

Rule Will Undermine Health Care for Underserved Populations Washington DC – The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s (ACU) core mission is to improve the health of people living in ...

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ACU Statement on Health Heroes 2020 Act

by ACU July 20, 2020January 26, 2021

(Washington DC, April 24, 2020) — Today, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) proposed a new plan to increase the nation’s health care workforce and address the overwhelming need of millions of people living in communities with severe workforce shortages.

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ACU Statement – Black Lives Matter

by Sabrina Edgington June 3, 2020September 10, 2020

The turmoil of the past week has once again brought into focus the heart-wrenching and infuriating level of systemic racism that continues to exist in the United States. ACU’s mission, to ...

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COVID-19 Advocacy & Stimulus Package/CARES Act

by Sabrina Edgington April 6, 2020September 9, 2020

The week of March 9th ACU began aggressively working to inform Congress and their staff about the needs of clinicians caring for the underserved and critical support needed for the ...

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ACU Endorses Bill to Fund National Health Service Corps and Community Health Centers

by ACU April 3, 2019May 10, 2021

Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina introduced legislation to extend and expand funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and community ...

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ACU Opposes “Public Charge” Rule Change

by ACU August 24, 2018May 4, 2021

UPDATE:  December 10, 2018 - The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) has been very outspoken about the proposed "public charge" changes. ACU has also partnered with other organizations ...

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ACU Statement on Separation of Families at U.S. Border

by ACU June 25, 2018May 10, 2021

June 22, 2018 - The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved finds that the policy of separation of undocumented immigrant children from their families at the Unites States-Mexico border is ...

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ACU Statement on Upcoming House Vote to Extend Funding for the NHSC

by Administrator November 1, 2017September 9, 2020

November 3 - On Thursday, November 2, the House of Representatives will vote on legislation that will reauthorize funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Community Health Centers (CHCs), ...

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ACU Supports Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Funding for the National Health Service Corps

by ACU September 29, 2017May 10, 2021

McLean, VA - The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) applauds the introduction in the House of Representatives of the bipartisan bill H.R. 3862, the National Health Service Corps ...

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ACU Response to Administration’s Budget Proposal

by ACU May 23, 2017May 10, 2021

Funding Included for National Health Service Corps Other Safety Net Programs Cut May 23 - As an organization founded over 20 years ago by alumni of the National Health Service ...

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