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Policy papers summarize and dissect published research and discussion on current issues involving clinical practice, medical education, bioethics, and health care financing and delivery, and make specific recommendations for practitioners, patients, and policy makers.

• Improving FDA Regulation of Prescription Drugs (September 2009)
• Controlling Health Care Costs While Promoting The Best Possible Health Outcomes (September 2009)
• Individual Mandates in Health Insurance Reform (August 2009)
• Reforming the Tax Exclusion for Health Insurance (August 2009)
• A Public Plan Option in a Health Insurance Connector (August 2009)
• Reforming Physician Payments to Achieve Greater Value in Health Care Spending (July 2009)
• Health Information Technology & Privacy (April 2009)
• Solutions to the Challenges Facing Primary Care Medicine (April 2009)
• Comprehensive Payment Reform Position Paper: Reforming Physician Payments to Achieve Greater Value in Health Care Spending (April 2009)
• HIV Policy: The Path Forward; a Joint Statement of ACP and the HIV Medicine Association (April 2009)
• Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care (February 2009)
• State of the Nation's Health Care 2009: Assuring universal access to health coverage and primary care (February 2009)
• How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting the Quality and Cost of Medical Care? (November 2008)
• The Role of International Medical Graduates in the U.S. Physician Workforce (September 2008)
• Achieving Affordable Health Insurance for All Within Seven Years: A proposal from America's Internists, Updated 2008 (May 2008)
• E-Health and Its Impact on Medical Practice (May 2008)
• Improved Availability of Comparative Effectiveness Information: An Essential Feature for a High-quality and Efficient United States Health Care System (May 2008)
• Establishing Federal Guidelines Protecting Against Genetic Discrimination (March 2008)
• Supporting Research into the Therapeutic Role of Marijuana: An ACP Policy paper (February 2008)
• State Experimentation With Reforms To Expand Access To Health Care (July 2007)
• Developing A Fair Process Through Which Physicians Participating in Performance Measurement Programs Can Request a Reconsideration of Their Ratings (April 2007)
• Language Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: Results of a National Survey of Internal Medicine Physicians (April 2007)
• Achieving a High Performance Health Care System with Universal Access: What the USA can learn from other countries (December 2007)
• A System in Need of Change: Restructuring Payment Policies to Support Patient-centered Care (October 2006)
• Creating a New National Workforce for Internal Medicine (April 2006)
• The Health Care Response to Pandemic Influenza (April 2006)
• Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising (April 2006)
• Reform of the Dysfunctional Healthcare Payment and Delivery System (April 2006)
• The Advanced Medical Home: A Patient-Centered, Physician-Guided Model of Health Care (January 2006)
• Developing a Medicare Buy-in Program (October 2005)
• Prescription Drug Importation as a Policy Option to Lower the Cost of Medications in the U.S. (October 2005)
• Linking Physician Payments to Quality Care (October 2005)
• Redesigning Medicaid During a Time of Budget Deficits (April 2005)

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