NEW AD CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO URGE CONGRESS TO PROTECT MEDICAID (Sept. 20, 2011)Washington D.C. –The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems recently launched an advertising campaign to educate Congress and the Administration about the implications of cutting Medicaid to the nearly 60 million Americans currently covered by the program –mostly children, women and the disabled. Medicaid is under fire from all sides during the deficit reduction debate, and NAPH is standing up for patients and Medicaid beneficiaries across the country.