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December 19, 2025
Congressional News and Perspective
ACP to Congress: Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits to Ensure Health Care Coverage for Americans
As the new year approaches, ACP remains committed to advocating for extension of the ACA premium tax credits and telehealth flexibilities.
Advocacy in Action
Advocacy Year in Review: ACP Recounts 2025 Advocacy Efforts and Wins
Preserving access to vaccines, increasing physician payment rates and protecting medical trainees were some of the top priorities of ACP in the past year.
In Case You Missed It
Medical Leaders Convened to Offer Insight into Federal Vaccine Recommendations
On Dec. 9, representatives from six national medical organizations met for a joint briefing to review and respond to recent decisions by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Medical organizations participating were the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American College of Physicians (ACP), and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).
Dr. Jason Goldman, MD, MACP, President of ACP, participated with comments about the harm of ACIP's process, their evidence-to-recommendation framework not being followed, ACIP selectively discussing harms and not including benefits, lack of transparency in the process, and no workgroup presentations or materials being shared in advance.
The purpose of the meeting was to interpret and clarify recent recommendations from ACIP and to reaffirm commitment to evidence-based immunization guidance under the umbrella of the updated Vaccine Integrity Project.
A video of the event is available for viewing here.
Quick Hits
Advocacy News
Joint Letter to House Energy & Commerce Environment Subcommittee Regarding Markup of Bills Weakening the Clean Air Act
Joint letter expressing strong opposition to bills currently being considered by the Committee, which all attack a core provision of the Clean Air Act and, together, would systematically dismantle the fundamental basis of the law: to protect human health and welfare from air pollution.
Joint Comment Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Regarding National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Secondary Lead Smelting Technology Review Proposed Rule
Joint letter expressing concern about the proposed rule, which is absent of stringent emission monitoring requirements and exempts chlorine and hydrochloric acid emissions from regulation.
Statement from Leading Medical, Health and Patient Advocacy Groups on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Vaccine Meeting
Joint statement from leading medical organizations expressing alarm at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices's unjustified decision to downgrade the longstanding recommendation to vaccinate all newborns against hepatitis B, which will harm children, their families and the medical professionals who care for them.
Joint Coalition Letter on Protecting Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Physicians from Skyrocketing Skin Substitute Spending
Joint letter urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the CMS Innovation Center to ensure that ACOs and Merit-based Incentive Payment System eligible clinicians are not penalized by improper skin substitute spending, which can represent wasteful or fraudulent activity.
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