Advocacy
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What is the Latest in Health Care Reform?
Follow along on the ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty for the latest information about what is happening in Washington. Get Bob's perspective on what proposed legislation might mean for internists, and let us know what you think about health care reform.
Where We Stand - The Latest
Workforce and Medical Education
- ACP's Recommendations for Health Care Workforce Policy
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; Statement to: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Staff (22-May-09) - ACP Supports the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009
Letter To: The Honorable Bill Nelson, United States Senate and Honorable Joseph Crowley, United States House of Representatives (15-May-09)
Access to Care
- ACP Supports Broad Goals of House "Tri-Committee" Proposed Health Reform Legislation (26-Jun-09)
- Call for Primary Care Reform
from American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians
and American Osteopathic Association (26-Jun-09)
- ACP Comments on House "Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Draft Proposal;" Comments to: House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee (25-Jun-09)
- Joint recommendations on including primary care in health care reform legislation; Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP, president of ACP, and other physician leaders meet with congressional leadership (18-Jun-09)
- ACP Statement on Providing the Public with Private and Public Options for Affordable Coverage (16-Jun-09)
- ACP's Comments on Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform; Comments to Senate Finance Committee (26-May-09)
Advocacy in Action
- ACP Advocate Newsletter:
An e-newsletter, edited by the College's Washington, DC governmental affairs division, created to provide you, our members, with succinct news about public policy issues affecting internal medicine and patient care. - Join the Key Contact Program:
Become an advocate for fellow Internists, patients and medical students. ACP depends on over 5,600 Key Contacts to communicate with their members of Congress on issues of importance. We have the tools you need to develop and maintain relationships on Capitol Hill. - Advocacy Events:
Find out more about ACP’s Annual State of the Nation’s Health Care event, ACP Services’ Leadership Day, and other advocacy events.
PCMH Advocacy Efforts
- H.R. 1898, the Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2009; Letter To: Congressman Blumenauer (5-May-09)
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Policy Highlights
Solutions to the Challenges Facing Primary Care Medicine, April 2009
Public Policy Virtual Library
The Public Policy Virtual Library (PPVL) is a repository of ACP's current and historic policies and the Policy Compendium.
ACP Services, Inc.
ACP Services is committed to providing additional advocacy efforts on behalf of internists.