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Lawmakers try to ‘script’ what doctors say

State legislatures are drafting laws that would mandate what doctors tell their patients about culturally controversial topics such as abortion or guns in the home, or even purely clinical issues such as breast cancer and tissue density. How involved should politicians be in the exam room?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/01/politics.htm
1 Jan 2012

Transparency needed for successful health care reform

Physician silence on gun control puts children and adults at risk from a person using firearms to harm them, in their classrooms, in their own homes, in their workplaces and on their neighborhood streets.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2013

Firearms vote shows the worst of Washington politics

Washington, D.C., politics has become so dysfunctional that the federal government is no longer capable of solving great problems such as firearms-related injuries and deaths, the federal deficit and debt fueled by unsustainable health care spending.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2013

ACP's Washington office reviews its own ‘seven days in May’

A recent week provides a great example of how ACP's Washington office supports College advocacy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/washington.htm
1 Jul 2013

And so it begins: The long but not-so-lonely road

ACP's incoming president reflects on the coming year, concerns about the future of internal medicine, and goals of the College.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/05/presidents.htm
1 May 2014

ACP disagrees with Florida court decision preventing physicians from asking about guns

ACP strongly disagrees with the July 25 Florida court decision upholding a state law that bars doctors from asking patients about gun ownership, according to a press release.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/05/7.htm
5 Aug 2014

Government dysfunction: It's enough to make a grown man cry

A host of issues highlight the dysfunctional approach that federal and state governments have taken toward issues with a direct impact on health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2014

Neurologists suggest steps for prescribing opioids for chronic pain

The American Academy of Neurology issued a position paper outlining steps that can help physicians who prescribe chronic opioid analgesic therapy (COAT) for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/07/1.htm
7 Oct 2014

8 health organizations, American Bar Association call for gun policies

A call for policies to help mitigate the rate of firearm injuries and deaths in the U.S. was announced by the American College of Physicians, 7 other national health professional organizations, and the American Bar Association.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/24/1.htm
24 Feb 2015

ACP's ‘Mission: Not Impossible’

Changes to the Maintenance of Certification process advocated by College leadership are the beginning of meaningful reform of the process, not the end.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2015

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