State of the Nation’s Health Care 2012
Congress Told to Replace Sequestration Cuts with Alternative to Achieve Fiscally, Socially Responsible Policies
On January 26, 2012 at ACP’s annual report on the state of the U.S. health care system we told Congress that the across-the-board cuts called for in 2011’s budget deal needed to be replaced with a framework that would gain health care savings while preserving funding for critical programs.
- Full Report on the State of the Nation’s Health Care
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- One-page summary of key points
- Remarks from ACP President Virginia L. Hood, MBBS, MPH, FACP
- Remarks from ACP’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Robert B. Doherty
- Presentation on the State of the Nation’s Health Care
- One-page summary of Impact of Budget Cuts on Critical Programs
- One-page summary of A Framework for a Better Approach to Lowering Health Care Costs
- Questions to ask Republican Candidates
- Questions to ask Democratic Candidates
Prior Year Coverage
- State of the Nation’s Health Care 2011: ACP Challenges Congress to Find ‘Common Ground’ to Address ‘Unprecedented Crisis in our Health Care System’ (27-Jan-11)
- State of the Nation’s Health Care 2010: ACP Says America’s Health Care System is in State of Decline: President Obama and Congress Urgently Need to Move Forward on Essential Reforms (17-Feb-10)
- State of the Nation’s Health Care 2009: ACP Says Immediate, Sustained and Dramatic Steps are Needed to Expand Coverage and Access to Primary Care Doctors (2-Feb-09)
- State of the Nation’s Health Care 2008: ACP Calls on Candidates to Create Improved U.S. Health Care System (31-Jan-08)
- State of the Nation’s Health Care 2007: ACP Releases Comprehensive Reforms to Move towards Patient-Centered Care (22-Jan-07)
- State of the Nation’s Health Care 2006: ACP Releases Proposals to Avert Looming Collapse of Primary Care (30-Jan-06)
- The State of the Nation's Health Care 2005: Strengthening the Patient-Physician Relationship (2-Feb-05)
- Remarks by Charles K. Francis, MD, FACP, President ACP
- Remarks by Robert B Doherty, Senior Vice President Department of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy
- The State of the Nation's Health Care 2004: Better Coverage, Less Red Tape, Better Use of Health Information Technology, and Improved Access to Primary Care Doctors (15-Jan-04)
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