Our Mission: to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.

The American Heart Association advocates for health care and insurance coverage that is adequate, affordable, and accessible, enhancing the availability of evidence-based preventive services, eliminating disparities that limit the availability and equitable delivery of health care and creating a culturally competent public health and health care work force that can meet the challenges of delivering high-value health care for optimal patient outcomes.

The American Heart Association advocates for the ultimate end to all commercial tobacco and nicotine addiction in the United States and globally, considering the structural, political and social dynamics that sustain nicotine and tobacco addiction.

The American Heart Association advocates for comprehensive, fully funded emergency management, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, stroke, and heart attack systems of care that include the full spectrum of prehospital services necessary for the acute care of patients with cardiovascular disease and stroke. Also, heart attack and stroke facility designation, EMS protocols, and state and federal registries which catalyze organizational-level policy development and research and implementation that improves patient care at the health system level.

The American Heart Association advocates for nutrition policy priorities that create an equitable, sustainable food system for all and ensures equitable and stable availability, access, affordability, and utilization of foods and beverages that promote well-being and prevent and treat disease.

The American Heart Association advocates for increasing state and federal funding for lifesaving cardiovascular and brain research.

The American Heart Association advocates for public policies that address one of the leading modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, dementia and end-stage renal disease, by increasing equitable access to treatment, including self-measured blood pressure monitoring.

The American Heart Association advocates for public policies that address disparities in maternal health outcomes with impactful public policy solutions that ensure that all mothers can live healthy lives before, during and after giving birth.

The American Heart Association advocates for impactful public policy solutions that increase equitable access to early care and education and provide all employees with access to paid family and medical leave programs.

The American Heart Association advocates for digital technology public policy solutions that revolutionize our ability to collect medical information, conduct biomedical research, provide more accurate diagnoses and treatments, and streamline the care delivery process for both providers and patients/consumers.

The American Heart Association advocates for robust public health infrastructure, data modernization and diversified public health work force.

The American Heart Association advocates for public policies that support infrastructure, programming, health system integration, and technology solutions that advance physically active lifestyles for all.

The American Heart Association advocates for equitable access to all evidence-based treatment options for obesity, including lifestyle modification through dietary intervention, physical activity and behavior modification, pharmacological treatment and bariatric surgery.

The American Heart Association advocates for access to and utilization of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation services for the best possible patient outcomes in secondary prevention.

The American Heart Association advocates for public policy solutions that preserve the ability of nonprofits to advance their mission.