Thursday, February 8, 2018

Congress Closes in on a Funding Agreement for the NHSC!


"Thank you for your tireless efforts in our campaign to ensure long-term funding for the NHSC and other vital health programs like Community Health Centers and Teaching Health Centers.

Over 10,000 emails and hundreds of tweets were directed to Members of Congress and had a significant impact:

Last night, the House passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend non-defense spending until March 23. The House bill contains a two-year extension to health programs whose funding expired over 125 days ago, including The National Health Service Corps, Community Health Centers, Teaching Health Centers.

This is promising news, however the House CR has been amended in the Senate. The Senate Bill also contains an extension for the above mentioned health extenders but negotiations over the amount of funding for these programs are still underway. The draft currently includes a funding increase for some programs and level funding for the NHSC (page 323).

The Senate bill will be voted on this morning and head back to the House again for another vote.

While we remain optimistic that an agreement is close at hand, at this point nothing is certain. Please keep up your tireless advocacy and encourage your colleagues to do the same!"

Source: Association of Clinicians for the Underserved. 

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