Search results for "Health Care Reform"
Obituaries
James “Jim” Garland Nuckolls, MD, MACP, died on Jan. 6, 2020, at age 80, and Whitney W. Addington, MD, MACP, died on Feb. 10, 2020, at age 84.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/03/obituaries.htm
1 Mar 2020
ACP's vision for U.S. health care, 20 months later
More than a year and half after ACP proposed its vision of health care reform, the organization is viewing how close it is to achieving a health care system that is available and affordable to all.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/09/acps-vision-for-us-health-care-20-months-later.htm
1 Sep 2021
Health care reform at the precipice: What happens next?
A snapshot of health care reform as Congress takes a mid-summer break. Multiple bills need to be reconciled, while members of Congress face increasing pressure from advertising and lobbying.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2009
Past is present: Rising premiums, high deductibles, and gaps in coverage before the ACA
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, blogs that the Affordable Care Act has not adequately addressed high deductibles, coverage limitations, restricted networks, and rising premiums, but neither did it introduce these problems.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/03/6.htm
3 Oct 2017
2005-2015: ACP hits 100; still going strong
ACP pursues political goals, such as health care reform and the reduction of firearms-related deaths and injuries.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/11/centennial.htm
1 Nov 2015
A new vision for health care
ACP's vision for health care entails a series of policy papers and editorials outlining improvements to the U.S. health care system.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/a-new-vision-for-health-care.htm
1 Jul 2020
Obituaries
Included in this month's listings are Thomas W. Burns, MACP, and Harry Edstrom, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/obituaries.htm
1 Sep 2009
Adult immunization rates fall far short of goals
The CDC's Healthy People 2010 campaign aimed to have 60% of high-risk patients under 65 vaccinated against pneumonia and influenza. Actual immunization rates may be half of that. The president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases describes the barriers and the solutions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/04/immunize.htm
1 Apr 2011
ACP offers internists a voice in crafting performance standards
The College has a Performance Measurement Committee to represent its member physicians in national measurement programs and to ensure that nationally endorsed performance measures are based on high-quality evidence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/performance.htm
1 May 2011
What's new in other College publications
ACP Hospitalist, ACPNet, ACP Press, Annals of Internal Medicine, and others.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/highlights.htm
1 Apr 2009