Legislation & Advocacy

Your Patients Can Make a Difference—Get Them Involved with Advocacy!

Staff | November 1, 2009

Personal stories are the most effective way to communicate an issue to Congress. No one can better illustrate the complex nature of healthcare policy decisions and how they affect medical care than those involved daily in the medical profession.

Pharmaceutical Tourism

Bruce N. Cronstein, MD | November 1, 2009

Could trade agreements and not bulky legislation be the key to cheaper drugs?

The Canes of York

David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD | November 1, 2009

What can a walking stick tell us about U.S. healthcare?

The Health Buzz

Stanley B. Cohen, MD | November 1, 2009

What is the ACR doing with healthcare reform?

Stimulus Package Creates Flurry of Research Funds

Kurt Ullman | October 1, 2009

Researchers celebrate boon, but wonder what will happen next

What Has RheumPAC Done for You Lately?

Staff | October 1, 2009

RheumPAC, the ACR’s political action committee, is dedicated to ensuring that rheumatology issues are addressed in healthcare reform. The best way to make sure the issues affecting rheumatology are being heard is to engage in the discussions and to contribute to congressional campaigns.

AMA House of Delegates Welcomes President Barack Obama

Staff | October 1, 2009

One cannot open a paper, turn on the television, listen to the radio, or surf the Internet without finding something about healthcare reform. This heated topic is at the center of the media and was the focus of the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) 2009 House of Delegates meeting in June, where President Barack Obama addressed the delegates of the largest physician’s organization in the United States.

I RheumPAC, Do You?

Jim Engelbrecht, MD | September 1, 2009

For many years, the ACR board of directors and Government Affairs Committee have done exemplary work in keeping members abreast of legislative regulatory issues that affect all aspects of rheumatology, including patient and physician/healthcare professional issues, education, and research. Through advocacy, the ACR advances rheumatology and fosters excellence in the care of people with, or at risk for, arthritis and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. One might say that advocacy is a cornerstone of this organization.

Obama and Clinton at the AMA

Raymond Scalettar, MD, DSc | September 1, 2009

Then and now: Déjà vu all over again—toujours?

Make a Difference by the End of Summer: Contact Congress

Staff | August 1, 2009

The more personal your contact with your elected officials, the more effective it will be. Although a personal discussion with a member of Congress is positive, a meeting or telephone conversation with one of his or her staff is just as valuable.