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The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians is
proud to have two of our leaders on the AAFP’s Commission on
Governmental Advocacy: Ellen
Brull, MD of Fresh off a groundbreaking election that
guarantees major changes in the White House and in the political
makeup of the US Senate and House, this proved to be an excellent
time for family medicine leaders from around the nation to gather
and make plans to lead the charge for desperately needed health care
reform. Much of the education focused on making the
case for the Patient Centered Medical Home.
Attendees got an update about the upcoming Medicare medical
homes pilot project planned for 2009-2011.
States who have already been working on their own versions of
medical homes shared their plans and progress.
Much attention was also devoted to primary care physician
workforce issues. Although
our 50 states are very different in their location, demographics and
inside politics, we all do have some similar issues and concerns
about building a strong primary care physician base for our future. Without question, all family physicians leaders
will be needed to make our case here in What can you do? 1. Contribute
to FamMedPAC. By
law, AAFP dues cannot be used for any candidate or election
purposes. The only way
for AAFP to contribute to elected officials is though the 2. Become an AAFP Key Contact or join the Advocacy Action Team. A Key Contact is the Academy’s primary contact constituent for AAFP and is asked to meet personally with that Congressperson in the district and DC. An Action Team member would be asked to contact his or her member of Congress as needed and be available to advocate on issues throughout the year. Learn more about each option at http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/grassroots/howto.html or download the entire AAFP Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit at http://www.aafp.org/online/etc/medialib/aafp_org/documents/policy/grassroots/toolkit.Par.0001.File.tmp/AAFPGrassrootsAdvocacyToolkit.pdf 3. Be our best state advocate! Come to Spring into Action in 2009. This is your best opportunity to represent 1. All interested family physician members have the opportunity to participate on a date convenient to them. 2. IAFP
has family medicine advocates available throughout the session to
respond when specific bills or hearings require our input. Specific dates for Spring into action will be
announced in December. For
more information or to plan your day at the Capitol, please contact The following leaders, members and staff
attended the AAFP State Legislative Conference (with their titles as
of
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