All 50 states and the District of Columbia were represented by over 470 ACP members at ACP’s annual Leadership Day on Capitol Hill held on April 28-29.  Attendees heard from key congressional members including Representative Nancy Pelosi, who received this year’s Joseph F. Boyle Award, and staff; and learned about key policy issues before going to Capitol Hill to meet with their members of Congress to advocate for these ACP priorities:

• Protect Medicaid Coverage, by supporting policies that protect Medicaid coverage and ensure access to health care for our most vulnerable patients across the country.

• Support Medicare Physician Payment, by co-sponsoring H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, a bipartisan bill that would stop the 2.83 percent cut in Medicare payments this year while providing a 2 percent increase in payment for the remainder of 2025.

• Protect and Invest in Public Health Initiatives, Research, and Health Workforce, by rejecting arbitrary cuts, reorganization, and consolidation that degrades HHS and its ability to support research and deliver evidence-based public health services. Protect resources already appropriated and awarded and sustain funding for these public health programs in FY 2026, including: $500 million for AHRQ, $11.6 billion for the CDC, $10.5 billion for HRSA, and $51.3 billion for NIH.

Contact Shuan Tomlinson for more information.

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