Inside Family Medicine29 Aug 2024

FFFM | August Family Medicine Advocacy Rounds

AFP Government Relations Vice President David Tully recaps the Academy's federal advocacy over the past month.

Topics by Timestamp

00:00 Welcome to Fighting for Family Medicine
00:30 AAFP members sharing policy priorities with lawmakers during Congress' August recess
02:05 Academy calls for increasing the number of practicing family medicine physicians on U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committees
02:37 AAFP advocacy during National Immunization Awareness Month
05:12 Closing

Resources

In the Trenches blog post on the AAFP's August recess advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/strategy/LT-FDA-AdvisoryCommittees-080924.pdf
AAFP Members only: Speak Out campaign supporting the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 2474)
AAFP Members only: Speak Out campaign supporting the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 8702/S. 4532)
AAFP Members only: Speak Out campaign urging Congress to make a multi-year investment in the THCGME program
AAFP President Steven Furr in MedPage Today: "Congress Should Simplify Medicare's Vaccine Coverage"

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