Medicaid expansion provides lifeline in rural areas
May 30, 2024
Affordable Care Act has ensured more people have health insurance and hospitals are more likely to be compensated for care.
Around the AHA
Stories and helpful information from the AHA
'Stroke can happen to anyone, anywhere'
A decade after having a stroke at her college graduation, a Florida woman has rebuilt her life.
Outreach helps rural patients tackle high blood pressure at home
May 24, 2024
Through partnerships with clinics and funders in West Virginia and across the U.S., the AHA helps provide blood pressure devices to people with little access to care.
This stroke survivor helped change the AHA
May 23, 2024
In 1974, a decade after her own stroke, Ima Bunting asked the AHA to help support survivors. Fifty years later, her legacy of education and outreach endures.
Fostering better heart health in rural America
May 22, 2024
The AHA offers toolkits, educational materials, staff training and other resources in rural areas, all to help reduce cardiovascular risk factors and improve heart health.
She learned Hands-Only CPR for her son. Then she came to another mother's rescue.
May 14, 2024
Five-minute training at Minneapolis sporting event just weeks earlier enabled woman to revive neighbor's child.
'He just wasn't near an AED'
May 7, 2024
In rural North Dakota, the American Heart Association is driving educational outreach to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke, providing grants to purchase automated external defibrillators, and facilitating easier access to emergency cardiovascular care.