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Today’s changing practice environment requires you to be an effective advocate for your patients and your profession. You are key to ensuring that policymakers understand the benefits of hospice and palliative care and how you and your patients are impacted by the latest health policy proposals. With information and tools from AAHPM, it’s easy to get started.

AAHPM Legislative Action Center

Congressional Management Foundation surveys show constituent interactions strongly influence lawmakers’ decisions, and advocates are more effective when they provide personal stories and information about the impact a bill/issue would have on their district or state.

AAHPM’s Legislative Action Center makes it simple to review legislation relevant to you, like the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). Share your perspectives with your representatives in Congress and begin building relationships that are key to ensuring sound health policy.


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Support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)

PCHETA, H.R. 647 and S. 2080, is legislation developed by AAHPM that would expand opportunities for interdisciplinary education and training in palliative care, inform patients and health professionals about the benefits of palliative care and the services available to support patients with serious or life-threatening illness, and direct funding toward palliative care research to strengthen clinical practice and health care delivery. Review a bill summary.

Contact your lawmakers in Congress today! Ask them to cosponsor PCHETA and to urge congressional leaders to advance the bill.  

Use AAHPM's Legislative Action Center to easily look up your members of Congress and send a personalized e-mail or tweet by utilizing customized messaging based on the status of their support.

  • Email your members of Congress to support PCHETA - Ask your elected representatives to cosponsor the bill. If they already support PCHETA, a thank you message will be generated so you can express appreciate and request their help to advance the bill to a vote.
  • Tweet your lawmakers and help build momentum for PCHETA - If you're active on Twitter, be sure to follow up your email with a tweet. This alert makes it simple by providing the Twitter handle for your members of Congress. Be sure to verify your account is unlocked and publicly viewable before tweeting.

Constituent Meetings

As a hospice and palliative care professional, you are not only a constituent but an expert resource on health policy issues. Are you interested in setting up a meeting with your members of Congress and their staff to discuss the needs of patients and families facing serious illness? Are you looking to invite your representative to tour your facility and see how the decisions they make impact the services you provide?

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