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You are here: Home / Articles / The ACR Agenda in D.C.: Where We Stand in Mid-April

The ACR Agenda in D.C.: Where We Stand in Mid-April

April 19, 2017 • By Angus B. Worthing, MD, FACP, FACR

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Angus’s To-Do List
Keep Rheumatology Strong and join the AMA. You can win free hotel or registration for ACR San Diego! We still need roughly 200 more ACR members to join the AMA this year in order to keep our AMA delegate and leverage our initiatives with the house of medicine. Call 800-621-8335 or sign up online, and forward this bulletin to your ACR friends.

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Angus B. Worthing, MD, FACP, FACR, is a practicing rheumatologist at Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates PC in Washington, D.C., and the chair of the ACR’s Government Affairs Committee.

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Filed Under: Legislation & Advocacy, Professional Topics Tagged With: ACR Government Affairs Committee, Capitol Hill, government funding, H1B visas, immigration, White House agenda, Zombie Healthcare Bill

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