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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is reminding women of the importance of mammography after age 40, as Friday is National Mammography Day.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming two grants combining for about $1.75 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and both for the American Samoa Department of Health for separate health projects.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata said that there were developments in Washington on Tuesday improving prospects for a short-term extension of the current Medicaid federal match (FMAP) of 83 percent for American Samoa, potentially avoiding an upcoming deadline sometimes called a Medicaid cliff.
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata achieved major advancement for dedicated hospital funds in stimulus legislation marked up by the House Natural Resources Committee in a bipartisan agreement.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata welcomed a health grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming a response letter from the Biden Administration directly expressing President Biden's support for a Medicaid priority that is shared by the Territories, as introduced legislatively earlier this year with the unanimous bipartisan backing of the Representatives of the Insular Areas.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata spoke Tuesday before the House Committee on Rules in a roundtable on food security to explain American Samoa's needs regarding food and nutrition. The roundtable was titled, Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger in U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata highlighted the introduction this week of legislation directing Medicaid funding to American Samoa for the next eight years. Congresswoman Amata is an original cosponsor of this key bill, which locks in the nation's best non-emergency federal matching rate, known as FMAP, at 83 percent for the next eight years.