ACP Opposes Title X Rule Jeopardizing Women’s Health Care Services
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
Washington, DC (February 25, 2019) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) is alarmed by the administration’s final draft rule changing the Title X Family Planning program. These significant changes to Title X will jeopardize access to health care for vulnerable, often working, low-income patients who may have limited to no access to health insurance. These changes will also harm the patient-physician relationship.
Internists Applaud Passage of Bills Bolstering Background Checks for Firearms Purchasers by Key Congressional Committee
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
Call for fall 2019 Board of Governors resolutions
ACP Reaffirms Urgent Need for Policies to Reduce Gun Violence in Light of Recent Mass Shootings
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
Internists Encouraged by Bill Raising Minimum Age to Buy Assault-Style Weapons to 21
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
Reflections on 40 Years of Advocacy for Internists
ACP Releases New Edition of Ethics Manual
ACP continues practice of reaffirming ethical tenets of medicine and reexamining their application in changing circumstances
Philadelphia, January 15, 2019 -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released the seventh edition of its Ethics Manual, published as a supplement to the current issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, ACP's flagship journal, and available online at www.annals.org.
ACP Supports Bill to Require Universal Background Checks for Firearms Purchasers
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, American College of Physicians