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Policy & Advocacy Resources

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Learn About Palliative Care

The goal of palliative care is to prevent and relieve suffering and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies. It focuses on relief of the pain, symptoms, and stress of serious illness and on improving communication with patients and families.

Provided by a team of clinicians and specialists who work with the patient’s regular physicians to provide an extra layer of support, palliative care is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness. It can be provided wherever a patient is seen and can be provided together with curative treatment.

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PCHETA Reintroduced in both the Senate and the House

for the 119th Congress 

On July 15, 2025 U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), S. 2287 in the 119th Congress.

And on July 16, 2025 Congressmen Buddy Carter (R-GA-01) and Ami Bera (D-CA-06) introduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), H.R.. 24425 in the 119th Congress.

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PCHETA in Previous Congresses

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On July 11, 2023 U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), S. 2243.

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On May 19, 2022, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), a bipartisan bill to grow, improve and sustain the palliative and hospice care workforce to keep pace with patients’ needs and to help improve the well-being of Americans with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

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