Health care organizations urge Congress to act on workforce issues
2023-07-07
The ADA, in partnership with 19 other health care associations, urged Congress to take action to solve health workforce issues in a June 29 letter
Advocacy Issues
ADA urging members to contact Congress to support Dental and Optometric Care Access Act
2023-06-27
The ADA is asking the dental community to urge their congressional representatives to support bipartisan legislation that will address provisions in dental plans that dictate
ADA lauds senators for reintroducing Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act
2023-06-26
The ADA is applauding U.S. Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., for reintroducing the Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act (S 2172), which would, if passed, help
ADA outlines its tax reform priorities in letter to House Committee on Ways & Means
2023-06-14
In a June 12 letter to the House Committee on Ways & Means, the ADA detailed dentists’ priorities for tax-related issues affecting dentists and dentistry.
ADA asks House subcommittee to reauthorize Action for Dental Health program
2023-06-14
The ADA asked the federal Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee to support legislation that would reauthorize the Action for Dental Health program through fiscal year
ADA to Congress: Bring PATIENT Act to floor for passage
2023-06-13
The ADA urged congressional leaders to bring HR 3561, the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act, also known as the PATIENT
ADA thanks lawmakers for introducing PREVENT HPV Cancers Act
2023-06-12
The American Dental Association sent a letter June 5 thanking federal legislators for introducing the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act, which would establish a national public
Ask the Senate to act now on the dental workforce
2023-06-09
An ADA Action Alert is urging ADA members to email their senators and ask them to support legislation that can help ensure there are enough
Coalition urges Senate leaders to support REDI Act
2023-06-08
A coalition of some 40 organizations representing dentists and physicians, including the ADA, urged the Senate to pass the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act, which
Fluoridation at risk in ‘forever chemical’ proposal
2023-06-02
The ADA urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a May 30 letter to consider ‘forever chemical’ filtration equipment location and laboratory certification standards that will
ADA encourages Congress to use oversight tools to pursue updates from administration
2023-05-25
The ADA thanked the House Committee on Ways and Means for holding a hearing titled “Why Health Care is Unaffordable: Anticompetitive and Consolidated Markets” and
House subcommittee approves bill to help address dental workforce shortages
2023-05-24
The Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill May 17 that included several provisions supported by the American Dental