ACP Applauds Bipartisan Passage of Important Legislation to Alleviate Suffering of Patients with Addictions

New ACP Position Paper Offers Five Recommendations

Washington, July 13, 2016— The American College of Physicians (ACP) today said that cost sharing, particularly deductibles, may cause patients to forgo or delay care, including medically necessary services.  “The effects are particularly pronounced among those with low incomes and the very sick,” said Nitin S. Damle, MD, MS, FACP, president of ACP.

Philadelphia, July 12, 2016 -- Nitin Damle, MD, MS, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), issued the following statement about Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research: A New Regulatory Framework for the 21st Century, a report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the Academies).