ACP public policy papers summarize and dissect published research and discussion on current issues involving clinical practice, medical education, bioethics, and health care financing and delivery, and make specific recommendations for internal medicine physicians, patients, and policy makers. Read about ACP's public policy development process.
Learn more about where ACP stands on important and timely issues:
Access to Care
- (December 2023)
- (October 2023)
- (February 2023)
- (January 2020)
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Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders
- (July 2024)
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- (May 2017)
- (April 2015)
- (August 2015)
Climate Change
- (October 2022)
- (April 2016)
Firearm Injuries and Deaths
- (October 2019)
- (October 2018)
Health Information Technology
- (June 2024)
- (April 2021)
- (September 2015
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Improving Medicare
Increasing Health Equity
- (June 2024)
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- (February 2023)
- (November 2022)
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- (July 2022)
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- (October 2021)
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- Understanding and Addressing Disparities and Discrimination Affecting the Health and Health Care of Persons and Populations at Highest Risk (2021)
- Understanding and Addressing Disparities and Discrimination in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Affecting the Health of At-Risk Persons and Populations (2021)
- (2020)
- (2018)
- (May 2018)
- National Immigration Policy and Access to Healthcare (2011)
Medicaid
Payments and Profit
- (June 2022)
- (September 2021)
- (January 2020)
- Improving Health Care Efficacy and Efficiency Through Increased Transparency (2017)
- Addressing the Increasing Burden of Health Insurance Cost Sharing (May 2016)
- (November 2015)
Physician Workforce and Scope of Practice
- (December 2023)
- Beyond the Discharge: Principles of Effective Care Transitions Between Settings (April 2023)
- Beyond the Referral: Principles of Effective, Ongoing Primary and Specialty Care Collaboration | Appendix 1: Playbook (April 2022)
- (October 2021)
- Position Statement on Promoting Policy Standards for Workplace Violence Prevention and Management (September 2021)
- Understanding and Addressing Disparities and Discrimination in Education and in the Physician Workforce (2021)
- (August 2018)
- (April 2018)
- Patient Safety in the Office-Based Practice Setting (July 2017)
- (May 2016)
- (October 2015)
Prescription Drugs
- (September 2020)
- (November 2019)
- (November 2019)
- (May 2017)
- (March 2016)
Public Health Infrastructure and Funding
- (July 2023)
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Reducing Administrative Burdens: Patients Before Paperwork
Women in Medicine
- (August 2018)
- (April 2018)
ACP Policy Compendium (Updated December 2024) Download an up-to-date summary of ACP's policy positions.