May

Congress is working on a bill that would gut Medicaid taking coverage away from an estimated 15 million people, cutting care for children, people with disabilities, and seniors — all while giving tax breaks to the wealthy.

 

These cuts aren’t minor trims. This is cutting into the heart of care — and it will lead to more ER visits, worse health, and higher costs down the road. Doctors for America (DFA) invites you to click on the link below to sign on to a letter addressed to Members of Congress. Protect your patients against legislation that would slash billions from Medicaid and food assistance causing millions of low-income people, children, seniors, and people with disabilities to suffer.

A number of subspecialty certifying boards, notably including the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), require candidates for board certification to travel to take the certifying exam in person. ABOG requires every candidate to travel to Dallas, Texas, to take the exam at a time and location that ABOG makes publicly available. This Texas travel requirement imposes significant legal and physical safety risks to physicians who provide abortion in other states, especially those who provide care to patients traveling from Texas. These risks include, for example:

 

Your voice is needed to submit a comment to the American Medical Association’s Council on Medical Education (Reference Committee C) (“Committee”) regarding its position towards specialty certifying boards that require candidates to take certifying exams in-person in states that ban abortion, gender affirming care, or other reproductive health care. Only AMA members with an account are able to login and submit a comment, but any member may submit on behalf of a group. The AMA needs to hear from more physician and medical student member voices in response to this report. These comments are due on Thursday, May 22, at 12:00pm noon Central Time. Doctors for America is submitting an organizational comment on this issue, please join us and add your voice as an individual member!

As the dust settles from the 2024 Presidential election, the implications for health care policy are beginning to take shape. Potential reductions in funding for Medicaid and the ACA could have major repercussions for the overall cost of care, creating a lasting impact on the health care landscape.

 

Join us on Wednesday, May 28th for an insightful Advocacy Grand Rounds session with Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy at KFF. We’ll dive into the key health care policy shifts emerging in 2025 and what they mean for patients, providers, and advocates across the country.

The DFA story portal is for physicians & patients from across the country to share stories in their own words via video and prose with the goal of spreading awareness about this injustice and advocating for meaningful policy reform at the local, state, and national level. If you have a story, we would love to hear it!