Public Policy & Advocacy
Dr. Gary Rull reports on the Illinois Downstate chapter's experience during Leadership Day 2009.![[PDF]](/graphics/new/pdf.gif){kind=small}
Advocacy Resources
Where the College Stands on key health policy issues, news and recent policy changes
- The ACP Advocate: bi-weekly, e-newsletter created to provide ACP members with news about public policy issues affecting internal medicine and patient care.
- The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty
- Legislative Action Center
- Electronic Resolution System - find Chapter Sponsored Resolutions
- Member Advocacy - Other resources to help members advocate ACP policy
- White House Health Reform Web site - useful state-by-state data that highlights the current status of health care and the need for reform this year.
- Project Vote Smart - a comprehensive database that helps you identify federal and state legislators, through a zip code search, and research their positions, voting records, campaign finances, performance evaluations, and even send them an email.
- Public Policy Virtual Library (PPVL) - a repository of ACP's current and historic policies and the Policy Compendium.
Page updated: 8/19/09
What's New
Contact Information
Jim Foody, MD, FACP
Governor, Illinois Northern Region
Susan Thompson Hingle, MD, FACP
Governor, Illinois Downstate Region
Cathy Carey
Illinois Northern Region Staffperson
Donna Seawards
Illinois Downstate Region Staffperson