ACP Warns Some Private Insurers Eliminating Waivers Put in Place During Pandemic and ACP Continues Advocacy for ACA as Supreme Court Decision Approaches
Repealing the Affordable Care Act Could Hurt Physicians and Hospitals
Trump Baselessly Accuses Doctors Of Overreporting Covid Deaths For Financial Gain
ACP Stresses Importance of Preventive Measures as COVID-19 Infections Increase
PHILADELPHIA (October 29, 2020) –With COVID-19 infection rates increasing nationwide and coinciding with the influenza season and the start of winter and colder months, the American College of Physicians (ACP) is reiterating the importance of preventive measures to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection, including wearing face coverings such as masks, continuing to practice physical distancing, frequent handwashing and following other preventive hygiene protocols.
Reckless and false’: Doctors blast baseless Trump conspiracy theory that hospitals are inflating COVID-19 deaths
Doctors: Trump is wrong to accuse medical professionals of profiting from diagnosing COVID-19
Coronavirus Cases Are Now Rising In Almost Every State In The US
ACP Leaders Urge Consideration of Presidential Candidates’ Proposals for a Better U.S. Health Care System
Washington, D.C. October 26, 2020 – As voters cast their ballots, it is important for them to know the health care proposals of the two presidential candidates and how they will address and improve the U.S.
Trump's Claim Doctors Are Inflating COVID Numbers is 'Facebook Junk' Says Top Scientist
ACP: Falsely Accusing Physicians of Overcounting COVID-19 Deaths For Financial Gain is Reprehensible
Statement attributable to:
Jacqueline W. Fincher, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
Philadelphia, PA (October 25, 2020) – The American College of Physicians (ACP), on behalf of internal medicine physicians (internists) and related subspecialists, says that statements, including by President Trump, falsely accusing physicians of attributing deaths to COVID-19 for financial gain represent a reprehensible attack on physicians’ ethics and professionalism.