Welcome to our Advocacy News Room. Our goal is to keep you informed about the latest in advocacy news from the hospice community, and about the advocacy work of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Alliance for Care at the End of Life.

Hospice Advocacy in the News The Commercial Appeal - Hospice is integral to health care reform (3/11/10) Arizona Daily Star - Cuts mean no hospice for some near death (1/28/10) The Daily Commercial - National hospice advocate promotes health-care reform in Lake County (01/28/10) Huffington Post- On Hospice Care (1/15/10) Hospice Objects to MedPAC Margin Projections and Reductions (01/14/10) Palliative Care Blog - Health Care Reform and Hospice: NHPCO Releases New Comparison Chart (1/7/10)

Advocacy News Archive-2009

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Press Releases

• Advance Care Planning and Health Care Reform Legislation (08/07/09)
• CMS Announces Final Wage Index Changes for the Medicare Hospice Benefit (07/30/09)
• Urgent Hospice Advocacy Update! (07/09/09)
• Hospice Community Urges President Obama to Stop Funding Cuts (06/25/09)
• Senator Warner Introduces Legislation Enhancing Senior Health Care Choices (06/15/09) 
• Don Schumacher’s Audio News Release – Hospice is Part of the Solution; Administration-Congress Must Stop Hospice Funding Cuts (5/21/09)
• Congress Sends Letter to White House Supporting Hospice (5/21/09)
• NHPCO Welcomes Kathleen Sebelius as HHS Secretary (05/06/09)

Press Release Archive – January - April 2009

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President Obama's Purple Folder

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Capitol Hill Advocacy Campaign – Sometimes, the best way to reach Members of Congress and their staff is during moments when they are catching up on the latest news from Capitol Hill, or when they’re just starting or ending their busy days. That’s why NHPCO has teamed up with the Alliance for Care at the End of Life in a targeted ad campaign reiterating the value of hospice, and urging lawmakers to take action now to stop cuts in hospice funding. Here are the ads.

June 2010 Roll Call Ad “No Real Reform without Hospice"	April 2010 Roll Call Ad “Congress, Hospice has come to meet you.”	September 2009 Roll Call Ad “Too Cuts are Too Much”
June 2009 The New Republic Ad “Obama Quotes”	June 2009 Roll Call Ad “A Good Life Deserves a Good Death”	April 2009 Roll Call Ad “Mary Ellen Rodine”
March 2009 Roll Call Ad “Hospice is Part of the Solution”	September 2008 Roll Call Ad “Annette O’Brien”	Transit Ad in D.C.’s Union Station “End of the Line”

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Selected Resources

• Duke Study
• What is Hospice and Palliative Care?
• NHPCO's Facts & Figures on Hospice (PDF) 
• Hospice Frequently Asked Questions
• Medicare Hospice Benefit
• Hospice: A Historical Perspective

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Contact Information

NHPCO/Alliance Media Contact
Angie Montes Truesdale
Director, Public Policy
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
1731 King Street, Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22314