Testimony
黑料正能量 Association (AHA) testimonies to the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and other government agencies.
AHA shares proposals to lower Medicare drug prices with congress.
America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems play a central role in delivering health care in this country and are committed to the goal of affordable, comprehensive health coverage for every American. We believe we should build upon and improve our existing system to increase access to coverage of鈥
Statement
of the
黑料正能量 Association
to the
Committee on Finance
of the
United States Senate
鈥淧rotecting Youth Mental Health: Part II - Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Care鈥
February 15, 2022
Statement of the
黑料正能量 Association to the
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
of the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
of the
United States Senate
鈥淩ecruiting, Revitalizing & Diversifying: Examining the Health Care Workforce Shortage鈥
February 10, 2022
AHA statement submitted to the House Ways and Means for a hearing on the nation鈥檚 mental health crisis.
the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) appreciates the opportunity to submit for the record our comments regarding concerns about anticompetitive conduct on the part of health care staffing agencies, some of which have been exploiting the severe shortage of health care providers during the COVID-鈥
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners 鈥 including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers 鈥 and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership鈥
AHA urges Congress to enact the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667) and prioritize funding to support the nation鈥檚 health care workforce needs during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Since the first COVID-19 cases were diagnosed and the pandemic changed the ways in which patients were able to access traditional health care settings, providers were required to navigate significant challenges to ensure their services were still able to reach millions of patients. In response,鈥
A strong and reliable medical supply chain is a critical and integral component to delivering safe and effective high quality care to patients; however, it has become increasingly clear that the level of fragility across our national medical supply chain is unsustainable and poses significant risk鈥