Advocacy: Fighting for Family Medicine
Find out what the AAFP is doing to protect and promote the specialty of family medicine.
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Must Start Now
Years of Medicare physician payment reductions, complicated by a pandemic and inflation, imperil family medicine practices and require swift, coordinated action by CMS and Congress.
Inside Family Medicine: Tales from the Hill
Listen to three Academy members talk about testifying before Congress, and how family physicians can educate lawmakers about primary care even without traveling to D.C.
Make Sure You’re Registered and Ready to Vote
Family physicians have the potential to improve policies that affect access to care, costs, quality and outcomes. Your work, your community’s health, and health equity are on the ballot.
Search Advocacy by Topic
Stay informed on both state and federal issues. Learn how the AAFP is advancing family medicine via letters and statements on the issues facing family physicians.
Lend Your Voice
Amplify your voice to the issues most important to you as a family physician with the AAFP’s Speak Out tool, and access toolkits to help you affect change in your area.
Get Involved in Advocacy
Learn how you can join the Academy's efforts to transform the practice environment through advocacy.
Primary Care Caucus
This bipartisan caucus educates members of Congress and their staffs on critical primary care issues affecting their districts and advocates for policies that strengthen primary care.
Family Medicine PAC
Help us achieve a long-term solution in Medicare physician payment, address the administrative burdens you and your patients face daily, and back the next generation of family physicians.
Advocacy Ambassadors
This network pairs AAFP members with congressional leaders and elected officials supportive of priorities of family physicians to champion legislation and public policy.
State
Advocacy
Learn where your state stands on important, emerging issues related to primary care. Access toolkits, browse resources related to state advocacy, and connect with your state chapter.