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
On February 2, 2009, at ACP’s annual report on the state of the U.S. health care system we called on President Obama and Congress to take steps to improve health care by recognizing that primary care is the best medicine for better health and lower costs. As part of those steps, we recommended that President Obama issue an executive order to assure that all federal agencies are working together to set primary care workforce goals and the policies necessary to achieve those goals.
- Full Report on State of the Nation’s Health Care
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- Remarks from ACP President, Jeffrey P. Harris, MD, FACP
- Remarks from ACP’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Robert B. Doherty
- Illustration of Recommended Executive Order on Primary Care
- Illustration of the Demand for Primary Care Physicians if Coverage is Expanded
- A one-page summary of Recommendations to Fund Primary Care Payment Increases
Prior Year Coverage
- 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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