FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement attributable to:
Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH
President and CEO
America’s Essential Hospitals
WASHINGTON — America’s Essential Hospitals congratulates Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on their new positions of leadership in the U.S. Senate. We look forward to working with them to advance health policies to ensure that essential hospitals can continue to provide lifesaving services, including trauma care, burn care, and behavioral health services, for all Americans and serve as economic and community cornerstones.
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About America’s Essential Hospitals
America’s Essential Hospitals is the leading association and champion for hospitals dedicated to equitable, high-quality care for all, including those who face social and financial barriers to care. Since 1981, America’s Essential Hospitals has advanced policies and programs that promote health, health care access, and equity. We support our more than 300 members with advocacy, policy development, research, education, and leadership development. Communities depend on essential hospitals for care across the continuum, health care workforce training, research, public health and health equity, and other services. Essential hospitals innovate and adapt to lead all of health care toward better outcomes and value.
Contact:
Carl Graziano
cgraziano@essentialhospitals.org
202.585.0102
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