Issues: June 27, 2017

Contact Senator Portman to Vote No on Better Care Reconciliation Act

This week the United States Senate will consider legislation that phases out Medicaid expansion and caps the federal commitment to Medicaid, ultimately starving this vital program of federal funds needed to provide meaningful coverage to vulnerable beneficiaries. Please call Sen. Portman today to ask him to vote no on the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Read More

Power of Vulnerability Resources Added to the Wellness Wednesdays Archive

The OAFP’s fourth session of the Wellness Wednesdays series that focused on the power of physician vulnerability was held June 21 and is now available on the Academy’s Wellness Wednesdays archive page! Register for the July 19 session on combating isolation through focused socialization. Read More

Medicaid Changes in State Budget Unacceptable—Contact Your State Legislator Today

Let your state senator and representative know that changes putting hundreds of thousands of Ohioians’ health care at risk are unacceptable by sending a message through the AAFP’s Speak Out system today! Read More

Auction Closes Friday; Bid on the Norman Rockwell Figurine Today!

Dont’ miss your chance to win this porcelain figurine of the Norman Rockwell classic “Doctor and the Doll” and support student interest in family medicine. Place your bid today! Read More

Everything You Need to Know About the 2017 Members Assembly

The OAFP has a vision to empower family physicians to achieve professional excellence and personal satisfaction. All the stops have been pulled for this year’s Members Assembly to accomplish exactly that! Read More

Study Says Minorities Get Less Effective Care, More Ineffective Care

Source: Health Policy Institute of Ohio A new study has found that minority patients are not only more likely to miss out on effective treatments, but also are more likely to receive excessive ineffective services (Source: “Quantity Over Quality? Minorities Shown to Get an Excess of Ineffective Care,” Kaiser Health News, June 9, 2017). The study, published in the June issue of Health Affairs, examined 11 medical services identified as “low value” by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s Choosing Wisely Read More