Advocacy in Action
New ACP Policy Paper Offers Guidance to Reduce Disparities and Improve Access to Health Care in Rural Communities
ACP Advocate, April 2025
As rural communities continue to face disparities in health and access to health care, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ is urging policymakers to take action and offers guidance in a new policy paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
ACP Revamps Advocacy to Support Vaccines at the Federal and State Levels
ACP Advocate, April 2025
Amid dwindling trust in vaccines, rising misinformation, and recent outbreaks of preventable diseases, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ is ramping up its advocacy in support of vaccination. ACP and the American Association of Immunologists led a coalition of 34 scientific and medical organizations that issued a statement affirming vaccine safety and supporting the critical role of vaccinations in public health.
ACP Advocate
ACP Advocate is a biweekly e-newsletter that provides ACP members with news about public policy issues affecting internal medicine and patient care.
ACP's Chapter Advocacy Toolkit
If you would like to work with your chapter to advocate for regulatory relief, please visit this toolkit for more resources and calls to action.
WBCs—partner with your ACP chapter leaders to:
(Please note: only Chapter Leaders/Regents/Governors can access these links)
- Request a with ACP State Health Policy staff to develop or enhance your advocacy activities and strategies.
- Collaborate with ACP National on a to facilitate your chapter members contacting elected officials regarding a public policy issue in your state.
- Check what ACP is following in your state for key health policy topics.
- Use ACP's new for any chapter lobbying or other advocacy.
ACP Patients Before Paperwork Initiative
Patients Before Paperwork is an ACP initiative designed to reinvigorate the patient–physician relationship by challenging unnecessary practice burdens. To help the Patients Before Paperwork Initiative, with our online data-collection tool and contact the Patients Before Paperwork team directly at policy-regs@acponline.org.
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