“After a record three weeks spent marking up the America’s Healthy Futures Act of 2009, the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 to approve the bill as modified and report it out of committee.” – Alex Sange, Health Centers on the Hill

“One provision in the health reform legislation in the House of Representatives would create a Public Health Investment Fund, which would provide $12 billion in new guaranteed health center funding over 5 years. We are asking those of you with Democratic Members of the House to ask your Representative to support the House Public Health Investment Fund.” – NACHC advocacy alert

 

“The closer we come to the final enactment of health reform, the more difficult and challenging our advocacy will become.... We need every single health center supporter to be an active advocate. Join us at the NACHC Grassroots Action Center and on Facebook and take action. Then, you won’t regret what you didn’t do.” – from Marc Wetherhorn’s blog on the outlook going forward, Health Center Advocacy in Action

Get the word out about advocacy at your health center! The newest edition of the Patient Advocacy Newsletter is now available IN SPANISH. Download the Patient Advocacy Newsletter today and customize the content to fit your health center and community.

Community HealthCorps is seeking to respond to the passing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which will expand national service resources and simplify program/fiscal reporting. Community HealthCorps invites new applicants from FQHCs, health center networks and PCAs; applications are due November 13.

“America’s Health Centers are partnering with their local health departments to address the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) virus in their local communities.” – NACHC press release

“As the vaccine for H1N1 Flu is shipped across the country, some of the first recipients may be Community Health Centers. OzarksFirst.com/KSFX-TV and KYTV-TV reported on the administration of the H1N1 vaccine to children at Jordan Valley Community Health Center.” – Beau Boughamer, Health Center News and Happenings
• Washington state: Kid Docs Rock
• AK, FL, NH, IL, NC, OR news
 

Today’s Senate Finance Committee vote is a topic of discussion; share your thoughts at www.facebook.com/nachc

@cjhughes07: RT @yammerman: Community Health Centers must be INCLUDED in #healthreform Only way is HUGE grassroots effort http://tiny.cc/RZaeq #fqhc #hcr

“(Today’s) finance panel's vote marks a watershed in the quest to overhaul the country's health-care system. Not since Theodore Roosevelt proposed universal health care during the 1912 presidential campaign has any such bill come this far.” – Washington Post