With the mandatory Health Center Fund due to expire of at the end of FY2015, health centers are currently facing a challenge of unprecedented magnitude. As Health Center Advocates, it is our job to respond to all calls to action from NACHC and CHCANYS and fight the drastic funding cuts threatening our program. Over a month ago, NACHC asked each health center to collect 500 signatures on the Access is the Answer petition by the end of March – an easy enough task given New York’s strong response rate on past petition drives. However, only one New York health center has met this goal to date.
The deadline for petition signatures is March 31 – just 4 days away! – and we have no time to waste. Click here to sign the petition and download hard copies to circulate in your health center waiting rooms and pass to friends, family and colleagues. Click here for some great suggestions for collecting signatures compiled by the Michigan Primary Care Association. Don’t forget to report your numbers to NACHC by clicking here.
It will take all of us working together to stop these cuts - your voice is needed! Please sign the petition today and help send a strong, unified message to President Obama and Congress that that ACCESS to high-quality health care services that Health Centers provide every day is part of the ANSWER to solving America’s health care problems.