NAPH, AHA Urge Congress to Preserve Funding for Affordable Care Act - April 6, 2011

On March 13, NAPH and the American Hospital Association (AHA) jointly sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health urging its leaders to reconsider recently-proposed measures that would defund certain portions of the Affordable Care Act. In particular, the letter focuses on H.R. 1213, which would repeal funding for state-based health insurance exchanges, and H.R. 1217, which would repeal funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The two bills were discharged from the Subcommittee on March 31 and are being marked up for a full Committee vote this week.