2025 Advocacy Priorities
Where We Stand
The American College of Physicians believes it is imperative that we as a nation invest in and maintain a strong public health infrastructure in order to prevent illness and promote health. A strong public health infrastructure provides the capacity to prepare for and respond to both emergency and ongoing threats to the nation’s health.
Policies
- Improving Health and Health Care in Rural Communities: A Position Paper from the American College of Physicians 3/2025
- Preparing for Future Pandemics and Public Health Emergencies 7/25/2023
- Modernizing the United States’ Public Health Infrastructure 7/17/2023
- Position Statement on Immunization Policies to Protect the Public 9/14/2021
- Position Statement on Promoting Policy Standards for Workplace Violence Prevention and Management 9/14/2021
- Statement of Principles on the Role of Governments in Regulating the Patient-Physician Relationship 8/2012
Latest Advocacy Efforts
- StatementInternal Medicine Physicians Say President’s Budget Would Significantly Degrade U.S. Health Care and Public Health 5/5/2025
- LetterJoint Letter to Senate Appropriation Committee Supporting Funding for the CDC Office on Smoking and Health 4/30/2025
- LetterJoint Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Appropriation Committee Supporting Funding for the CDC Office on Smoking and Health 4/30/2025
- LetterJoint Coalition Letter to Congressional Appropriators Opposing Fiscal Year 2026 Funding Cuts and Elimination of Agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 4/25/2025
- LetterJoint Letter to Congressional Appropriators Supporting FY2026 Funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 4/9/2025
- StatementJoint Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2026 Supporting Funding for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical and Prosthetic Research Program 4/9/2025
- TestimonyACP Written Testimony for the Record to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for FY2026 4/8/2025
- LetterJoint Coalition Letter to Congressional Appropriators Supporting Funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Fiscal Year 2026 4/7/2025
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