From the Southeast to Capitol Hill: Advocates Champion Funding the HEARTS Act
Posted OnNovember 12, 2025 byOn October 28, 2025, nearly 150 American Heart Association Heart Powered advocates gathered in Washington, DC for the Association’s Hearts on the Hill fly-in. Their mission: urge Members of Congress to fund the HEARTS Act— bipartisan legislation passed last year to help schools implement cardiac emergency response plans, train staff and students in CPR, and…Read More…
Most Kansans Support Expanding Medicaid, Poll Says
Posted OnNovember 10, 2025 byThe Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays University recently released the Kansas Speaks public opinion survey. The survey covered a range of topics. What caught our eye were the respondents’ views on Medicaid expansion. Consider the following: 74.3% of respondents agreed that expanding Medicaid would help rural Kansas hospitals remain in business. 72.3%…Read More…
Sodium Warning Labels Added to House Bill 364!
Posted OnNovember 6, 2025 byOn Wednesday, the Ohio House Agriculture Committee took a big step for community health by unanimously approving an amendment to HB 364, a food allergen labeling bill, that would require sodium warning labels on menu items at chain restaurants. The proposed label would identify any item with more than 1,150 milligrams of sodium, which is…Read More…
Pennsylvania advocates go to DC for the Hearts on the Hill Fly-in
Posted OnNovember 5, 2025 byOctober 27th and 28th, advocates from across the country came together for the American Heart Association Hearts on the Hill Fly-in. Several of these advocates were from Pennsylvania! Advocates like Stephanie Austin who experienced a heart attack in the middle of the night, being saved by her husband. Her and other advocates met with legislators…Read More…
Virginia Advocates attend Hearts on the Hill Fly-in!
Posted OnNovember 5, 2025 byOctober 27th and 28th, advocates from across the country came together for the American Heart Association Hearts on the Hill Fly-in. Several of these advocates were from Virginia! Advocates like Olivia Pacheco and her mother, Robin. Olivia was born with a congenital heart defect and has excelled as a dancer and community advocate, becoming an…Read More…
Advocates attend Hearts on the Hill federal fly-in!
Posted OnNovember 5, 2025 byOctober 27th and 28th, advocates from across the country came together for the American Heart Association Hearts on the Hill Fly-in. Advocates like Dr. Sean Connolly, a pediatric cardiologist at Nemours Children’s Hospital. He and other advocates met with legislators across the state to discuss funding the HEARTS Act, which was passed into law in…Read More…
New York Advocates attend Hearts on the Hill Fly-in!
Posted OnNovember 5, 2025 byOctober 27th and 28th, advocates from across the country came together for the American Heart Association Hearts on the Hill Fly-in. Several of these advocates were from New York! Advocates like Jack Crabbe, and his father who he performed CPR on when he had a sudden cardiac arrest while they were golfing. They and other…Read More…
Maryland Advocates attend Hearts on the Hill Fly-in!
Posted OnNovember 5, 2025 byOctober 27th and 28th, advocates from across the country came together for the American Heart Association Hearts on the Hill Fly-in. Several of these advocates represented Maryland. Advocates like Patrice Bullock, who lost her son to a sudden cardiac arrest, and others came together to talk to legislators about funding the HEARTS Act, which was…Read More…
West Virginia Advocates Attend Hearts on the Hill!
Posted OnNovember 5, 2025 byOctober 27th and 28th, advocates from across the country came together for the American Heart Association Hearts on the Hill Fly-in. Several of these advocates were from West Virginia! Advocates like Gryffin Cavender and his mother, Leigh, attended the fly in to have meetings with legislators. Gryffin experienced a sudden cardiac arrest in his classroom…Read More…
From the Southwest to the Capitol: Advocates champion funding HEARTS Act
Posted OnNovember 4, 2025 byMagnus Miller never anticipated his lifeguard training would one day help him save a life, but that’s what happened this past January. Miller, who is now a freshman at the University of Oklahoma, was playing a high school basketball tournament in a rural part of the state on an unusually cold and icy morning. Just…Read More…