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Advocacy
Advocacy for health is very important to the survival and continued growth of Federally Qualified Health Centers, and advocacy is something we can all do. The Missouri Primary Care Association has made the process easy. By signing up with the MPCA Legislative Advocacy, you will be alerted to times when contacting your representative or senator will make a difference. The MPCA Legislative Advocacy database even supplies a model email letter for you to use or add additional comments. Just a click or two of the mouse will send your advocacy support off to intended legislators.
To sign up, click here: Sign up for the MPCA Legislative Advocacy database .
For more on advocacy, visit the Missouri Primary Care Take Action page.
Advocacy: Latest Advocacy Alerts
02/15/2011 08:13
• The House Appropriations Committee’s proposal includes $1.3 billion in cuts to Health Center funding.
• This cut means eliminating health centers’ capacity to serve 11 million patients over the next year.
• This cut means ending funding for 127 new health centers in underserved...
02/14/2011 09:42
Using Social Media to Advocate
Advocacy Alert Objective: Tweet and Facebook Members of Congress to tell them how you feel about proposed cuts to the Health Centers Program funding!
Twitter: Visit NACHC’s Members of Congress Twitter list to see if your U.S. Representative is on Twitter:...
02/14/2011 09:32
ACCESS Family,
Here we go with the political stuff. We've already dealt with State budget cuts, but cuts at the federal level will have a huge impact. Sorry to have to bring this news, but there is a chance to make a difference. As I've told most of you in orientations, the legislative piece of...
