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As trusted public resources, federally-qualified health centers like Hudson Headwaters have long-standing relationships with patients and communities. We are counted on to provide accurate information and guidelines about staying safe and protecting others.

Hudson Headwaters is the main source of primary and preventive care in the Adirondacks and North Country. In many towns, Hudson Headwaters is the sole medical provider.

Federally-qualified health centers like Hudson Headwaters Health Network need funding and support from the state and federal government to continue to be able to provide high-quality care for patients. Click below to learn more and to get involved.

Like many non-profit, safety-net providers, Hudson Headwaters relies upon the 340B Prescription Drug Program to offset the costs of providing high-quality healthcare to everyone who needs it.

Enacted by Congress in 1992, this program allows organizations like Hudson Headwaters to buy prescription drugs at significantly reduced prices. When 340B-discounted drugs are prescribed to eligible patients of Hudson Headwaters, the Network is allowed to keep the difference between the discounted purchase price and the reimbursement rate

Hudson Headwaters and other federally-qualified health centers in New York use these savings to help low-income, uninsured, or underinsured patients afford their medication and provide more comprehensive healthcare services to the communities we serve, including:

  • Supporting core programs and services consistent with our mission, such as dental care, patient and student education, home-based care, obstetrics and gynecology, palliative care, and phlebotomy.
  • Offering medication discounts and other financial assistance programs for patients living at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
  • Address social determinants such as food, housing, transportation and other issues that significantly impact health.
  • Fund infrastructure improvements and renovation of facilities.
  • Expand services into underserved communities that otherwise have limited access to care.

Unfortunately, the 340B program is currently under attack at the state and federal level. Many wealthy drug manufacturers also refuse to provide 340B discounts to community health centers that contract with private pharmacies, while demanding access to your private information.

These threats will cost Hudson Headwaters millions of dollars annually. Community health centers across the US will have to make devastating cuts to critical programs to remain solvent.

We need your help.

Call your representatives in the US House of Representatives and Senate and ask them to support legislation giving the federal Health Resources and Services Administration the authority to force drug manufacturers to provide legally-mandated 340B discounts to community health centers.

Tweet/post on Social Media using #ValueCHCs and tag your Members of Congress.

United States Congress Legislators and Contact Information:

Senate

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
Leo O’Brien Building, Room 821
11A Clinton Ave.
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-431-0120
Fax: 518-431-0128
Electronic letters can be submitted online at https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/

Senator Charles Schumer (D)
Leo O’Brien Building, Room 827
11A Clinton Ave.
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518-431-4070
Fax: 518-431-4076
Electronic letters can be submitted online at https://www.schumer.senate.gov/

House of Representatives

District 20 – Representative Paul Tonko (D)
433 Broadway, Suite 201
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 518-374-4547
Emails can be sent electronically at https://tonko.house.gov/contact/

District 21 – Representative Elise Stefanik (R)
East Greenbush Office
99 Troy Road, Suite 312
East Greenbush, NY 12061
Phone: 518-242-4707
Plattsburgh Office
137 Margaret Street, Suite 100
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: 518-561-2324
Fax: 518-561-2408
Emails can be sent electronically at https://stefanik.house.gov/email-me

New York State Legislators and Contact Information:

New York State Senate

District 45 – Senator Daniel Stec (R)
5 Warren Street, Suite 3
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: 518-743-0968
Email: stec@nysenate.gov

District 49 – Senator Mark Walczyk (R/C)
317 Washington Street
Dulles State Office Building, Suite 418
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone: 315-782-3418
Email: walczyk@nysenate.gov

District 44 – Senator James Tedisco (R)
636 Plank Road, 2nd Floor
Clifton Park, NY 12065-2046
Phone: 518-885-1829
Email: tedisco@nysenate.gov

District 43 – Senator Jacob Ashby (R)
594 Columbia Turnpike
East Greenbush, NY 12061
Phone: 518-371-2751
Email: ashby@nysenate.gov

New York State Assembly

District 115 – Assemblyman Billy Jones (D)
202 U.S. Oval
Plattsburgh, NY 12903
Phone: 518-562-1986
Contact: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Billy-Jones/contact/

District 114 – Assemblyman Matthew Simpson (R)
4 S. Western Avenue, Suite 3
Queensbury, NY 12804
Phone: 518-792-4546
Contact: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Matthew-Simpson/contact/

District 118 – Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R)
Fulton County Office Building
223 West Main Street, Suite B-2
Johnstown, NY 12095
Phone: 518-762-1427
Contact: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Robert-Smullen/contact/

District 113 – Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner (D)
112 Spring Street, Suite 205
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 518-584-5493
Contact: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/contact/

If you are not sure who your representative in New York State Assembly is, you can use the handy address-based search tool available online at https://nyassembly.gov/mem/search/

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