IHA needs your help.  It's hard to believe, but 2008 is closing in fast and IHA's goal of registering 20,000 Hospital Advocates has not yet been reached.

More than 15,000 of you have received this message because you have taken the time and effort to make health care policy a priority by registering with the Iowa Hospital Advocates Network.  Now it's time to take the next crucial step in building a strong base of hospital advocates. Refer-A-Friend: www.ihaonline.org/invite

IHA needs more health care leaders like you to organize others to take action.  Earlier this year, hospital advocates helped IHA accomplish multiple legislative successes by responding to Action Alerts and sending more than 20,000 e-mail messages to Iowa legislators. As IHA continues to fight for hospitals on the state and federal levels, the need for grassroots advocates becomes crucial.  The challenges facing hospitals today continue to grow as legislative battles over SCHIP, Medicare/Medicaid Funding, Charity Care Reform, Hospital Reimbursements, Health Care Quality, Price Transparency, Work force/Labor issues, Health Care Reform and dozens of other issues loom in the distance.

Pairing those issues with the upcoming caucus season and a critical election year heating up, there has never been a more important time to be involved in health care and hospital policy.  

Now is the time to spread the word to others about how and why to get involved.

IHA has created an easy way to invite others to join the Iowa Hospital Advocates Network.  "Refer-A-Friend" is a simple way to send an invitation to join the network to your friends, colleagues and others who have an interest in health care policy.  I would like to issue a challenge to you:  Spread the word, organize your staff and get everyone in your hospital registered to receive IHA Legislative Action Alerts and be a part of the future of health care policy in Iowa.

To invite friends and colleagues to join the Iowa Hospital Advocates Network visit:www.ihaonline.org/invite

Thank you for your support, and let's register 20,000 advocates by January 1, 2008!