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Advocacy

Lead and Advocate for Family Medicine

In the spring edition of Minnesota Family Physician magazine, outgoing Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians President Alex Vosooney, MD, encourages Minnesota’s family physicians to keep leading and advocating for our profession.

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Advocacy

AAFP Federal Advocacy Update, April 2023

The American Academy of Family Physicians federal advocacy team shares an update about their recent work to help strengthen Medicare, ban noncompete clauses, streamline prior authorization processes, promote health equity and more.

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AAFP Federal Advocacy Team Update, July 2022

The American Academy of Family Physicians federal advocacy team shares an update about the release of the 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, the...

Link Between Food Insecurity & Binge Eating

A University of Minnesota research study looked at the link between food insecurity and binge eating, including the role of food assistance programs, implications for primary care and recommendations for screening patients for food insecurity....

MN Family Physicians Stand Against Policies That Criminalize Abortion Care

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians is disappointed in today’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and stands against any policies that interfere with a patient’s ability to obtain the health care treatment and services that they...

House of Delegates 2022 Recap

Members from across Minnesota attended the 2022 House of Delegates on May 14 in Rochester (or online) and deliberated and voted on resolutions—written motions that guide the work of the MAFP—and elected the next Board of Directors....

2022 MN Legislative Session Ends

The 2022 Minnesota Legislative Session has wrapped. Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the status of MAFP priorities and what to expect next....
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Women’s Health Protection Act

Take action to support the Women’s Health Protection Act and access reproductive health care resources....
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Two Weeks to Go in MN Legislative Session: Health-Care-Related Updates

The Minnesota Legislature has about two weeks left in the 2022 Legislative Session. Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, provides an update from the Capitol on the passage of frontline worker pay; continued movement...

One Month to Go in the 2022 MN Legislative Session

With about one month to go in the 2022 legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature....

2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Health & Human Services Bill, Reinsurance Extended + More

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature, including highlights from last week's hearing on the Minnesota House Health and Human Services omnibus bill; the extension of...

Art + Medicine: An Emmy-Winning Combo

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians member and University of Minnesota Center for the Art of Medicine Creative Director Jon Hallberg, MD, FAAFP, received an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy for his role in the Twin Cities Public Television/University of...