Internal Medicine Physicians Disappointed by Court Decision Striking Down Firearms Regulation
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
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Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON June 22, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) strongly supports the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) legislation intended to protect America’s children, keep schools safe and reduce the threat of firearms violence across the country, and urges Congress to pass it without delay.
WASHINGTON June 20, 2022 – The current physician payment system does not adequately address the socioeconomic factors that impact patients’ health outcomes, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Reforming Physician Payments to Achieve Greater Equity and Value in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians.
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON June 13, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged by the initial agreement within the Senate regarding new legislation intended to reduce the number of firearms-related deaths and injuries in the United States. The provisions that were detailed in the announcement are a first step toward new policies that will begin to address the public health crisis of firearms violence.
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Expert panel provides practical advice for treating patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), or ‘Long COVID’
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON May 25, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) was extremely saddened to hear about the mass shooting event that occurred yesterday in Uvalde, Texas, killing at least 19 elementary school students and two teachers in their school.
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON May 17, 2022 – The American College of Physicians was deeply disturbed to hear about the mass shooting event that occurred in Buffalo, NY on Saturday, May 14. This weekend’s tragedy shows how the failings of our current regulations on firearms, the prevalence of hate crimes, and racism intersected to cause preventable injuries and deaths to Black persons evidently targeted because of their race.