NCAFP Advocacy Updates


2009-10-09 16:00
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"Primary care is starving," said Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the Annual Awards Banquet of the Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians on Thursday.

2009-10-09 16:03
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The NC Institute of Medicine released the findings of an 18-month task force focused on prevention, during the 17th Annual Healthy Carolinians Conference and NC IOM Prevention Summit on Thursday.

2009-10-01 14:51
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The Governor's Office announced this week that the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center has awarded more than $2.6 million in grants to assist in the construction and renovation of health care facilities in rural communities across the state.

2009-09-04 16:09
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The AAFP has recognized that significant confusion currently exists among patients regarding the current health reform proposals under consideration and that Family physicians may be being asked to an

2009-09-04 16:10
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Earlier this week (Mon., 8/31), AAFP leaders conducted two telephone conference calls to outline the Academy's position on several key health reform issues and to field questions from members.

2009-08-28 13:37
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AAFP leaders will be conducting a telephone town hall meeting to re-iterate its position on pending health reform legislation and clarify a number of misunderstandings that exist about the current pro

2009-08-28 13:38
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Family Medicine's advocacy efforts to increase the value of primary care continued this week with meetings with both Senator Kay Hagan yesterday and Senator Richard Burr today.

2009-08-06 20:30
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North Carolina’s Congressional delegation has returned to the state for summer recess making it the perfect time to contact them and stress the importance of family medicine as a profession.

2009-08-06 20:30
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The N.C. General Assembly gave final approval to the state budget this week, approximately five weeks into the state’s new fiscal year.

2009-08-01 20:33
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President Barack Obama called for a renewed emphasis on primary care during a Town Hall Meeting in Raleigh today (Wednesday, July 29). And the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) agrees.