In addition to grassroots work focused on funding, the College also developed policy statements and supported initiatives that lie at the heart of ACPM’s mission — to represent and support preventive medicine specialists in their role as public health and health systems leaders to promote the importance of preventive medicine. Developed by volunteer leaders on the Advocacy Committee, the College published new and updated policy statements on firearm violence prevention, maternal health, reproductive rights, and Farm Bill reauthorization.
Additionally, ACPM joined partner organizations to advocate for priorities in public health funding, tobacco use prevention, and other aspects of the legislative agenda, which is used to guide the advocacy and policy work for the College. ACPM signed on to several Amicus Briefs: Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al. in the Supreme Court, Zurawski v. Texas in the Texas Supreme Court, Garland v. VanDerStok in the Supreme Court, and Tennessee et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Earlier in the year, ACPM joined the American Indian Medical Education Strategies (AIMES) Alliance to advance American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) access to care, reduce physician shortages, and expand opportunities for training physicians to benefit communities by collaboratively advancing federal and tribal solutions that expand graduate medical education in tribal communities.
Looking ahead, ACPM is finalizing documentation to address public health implications, prevention of chronic disease, and supporting recommendations for the incoming Trump-Vance Administration and the 119th Congress.
