ACA Advocacy

This page lists APHA's advocacy activities related to the Affordable Care Act. For information on APHA's activities on other issues, visit our general  Advocacy Activities page.

2012

• APHA letter opposing H.R. 6079, legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (July 10, 2012)
• APHA letter to Senate leaders opposing legislation that would cut the Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for student loans (May 7, 2012)
• APHA letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing legislation that would cut the Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for student loans (April 26, 2012)
• APHA letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing proposal to eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund as part of budget reconciliation legislation (April 24, 2012)

• Health group letter to President Obama expressing disappointment in the administration's support for reducing the investment in the Prevention and Public Health Fund and urging him to reject future attempts to cut the fund (March 28, 2012)

• APHA letter to House and Senate payroll tax extension legislation conferees opposing any effort to use the Prevention and Public Health Fund as an offset for other programs (January 27, 2012)

2011

• APHA letter to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing H.R. 3630, the the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, legislation that would cut the Prevention and Public Health Fund (December 13, 2011)
• Public health group letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding rules for exchanges and qualified health plans (October 28, 2011)
• Health group letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging members to protect the Prevention and Public Health Fund (October 3, 2011)
• APHA comments to the Department of Health and Human Services on women's preventive health care coverage (September 30, 2011)
• APHA comments to Food and Drug Administration on menu labeling provision (July 5, 2011)
• APHA comments to Food and Drug Administration on vending machine labeling (July 5, 2011)
• APHA letter to the House of Representatives opposing H.R. 1217, legislation to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (April 11, 2011)
• APHA letter to the House of Representatives opposing H.R., legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (January 6, 2011)

2010

• Organization sign-on letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius regarding the Prevention and Public Health Fund in the new health reform law (April 20, 2010)
• APHA letter to the U.S. Senate urging a "yes" vote on H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (March 24, 2010)
• APHA letter to the House of Representatives urging a "Yes" vote on upcoming health reform legislation (March 18, 2010)
• APHA letter to Senators Bennet, Brown, Gillibrand and Merkley on effort to bring the public option to a vote in the Senate (February 18, 2010)
• APHA letter to the House of Representatives urging Congress to move forward on health reform legislation (January 25, 2010)
• APHA letter regarding final Congressional negotiations on health reform legislation (January 6, 2010)