The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) will host a Capitol Hill briefing featuring congressional champions and Community Health Center (CHC) advocates from around the country. The briefing will focus on the urgent need to pass funding for CHCs before it expires this month.
Just this past weekend (March 8), the House Republican Majority released a new continuing resolution (C.R.) to fund health centers at level funding through September 30th, 2025. Additionally, the funding for primary care workforce programs (National Health Service Corps and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program) would continue through September, along with extending the current Medicare telehealth flexibilities. While these extensions are a relief, health centers need longer-term and increased funding to effectively plan and care for 32.5 million Americans.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 11, 9-10:00 AM
WHERE: Capitol Visitors Center, SVC-212-10
SPEAKERS:
Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Representative Danny Davis (D-IL)
Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez, Board Chair, NACHC, President & CEO, Urban Health Plan, New York
Aaron Todd, CEO, Iowa Primary Care Association
Patrick Sallee, President & CEO, Vibrant Health, Kansas
Kim Mitroka, President & CEO, Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation, Illinois
OPEN TO PRESS. Coffee and refreshments will be served.
RSVP to nachcmedia@rokksolutions.com no later than Friday, March 7.
CHCs are the largest primary care network in the country, providing cost-effective primary care to one in 10 Americans (32.5 million people) while representing just 1% of U.S. healthcare spending. The Congressional Budget Office confirms that health centers generate significant savings through reduced hospitalizations and improved health outcomes. With a track record of saving lives and taxpayer dollars, CHCs have longstanding bipartisan support on Capitol Hill.