AACN's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
June 17: 明星黑料led a healthcare community sign on letter advocating for higher education provisions in the Senate budget reconciliation process. This includes preserving subsidized loans for undergraduates, retaining the Grad PLUS Program, increasing the proposed aggregate limit for unsubsidized federal loans, and preserving other federal loan programs.
June 10: 明星黑料signed on along with other national nursing organizations expressing strong concerns over HHS Secretary Kennedy’s decision to dismiss all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
June 9: 明星黑料signed onto an American Council on Education amicus brief to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in support of Harvard University’s motion for a summary judgement regarding a freeze in federal research funds.
June 9: 明星黑料signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) for introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R.2531/S.1232).
June 5: 明星黑料joined with a broad coalition of organizations urging the chairs of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to reject the $18 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health proposed in the President's budget and work with the Administration on a different path forward.
June 4: 明星黑料submitted written testimony for the record to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS-ED) requesting at least $530 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. 明星黑料also signed onto Nursing Community Coalition written testimony for the record to the Senate LHHS-ED Subcommittee making the same request.
May 30: 明星黑料signed on to a letter with other leading higher education associations urging the State Department to make any pause on student visa processing as short as possible and use all available tools to cut wait times and streamline the process for student visa applicants.