Welcome to the Advocacy Action Center
The Advocacy Action Center is a great member benefit and convenient lobbying tool that will:
- Assist you in grassroots political advocacy by facilitating your messages to members of Congress, legislative chambers, and congressional committees through letters and e-mails on important policies.
- Help mobilize Academy members to participate in legislative action alerts and contact senators and representatives on important health policy issues at the national or state level.
Current Campaigns:
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There are many ways you can advocate for the specialty throughout the year:
- View State Legislative Reports pertinent to physiatrists.
- Schedule meetings with your state legislators and your members of Congress.
- Stress function and quality of life as critical components of a national health care reform proposal. It is also important to emphasize that physiatrists specialize in helping people regain maximum function.
- Prioritize patient safety in your messages and correspondence to members of the legislature and third-party payers.
- Inspire your patients to get involved. This is especially important with current federal legislative action on health care reform.
- Join your state PM&R society to create an infrastructure for state and federal grassroots efforts. If your state does not have a state PM&R society, view the resources here to help you get started
- Serve as a state contact if your state does not have a formal PM&R Society. Serving as a state contact will allow you to connect with state advocacy leaders in other states. Let us know if you are interested!
- Collaborate with your state medical societies and other specialty societies on a range of health policy issues and legislation.
- Schedule a meeting with patient groups in tandem with your elected officials and explain how their decisions impact patient care.
- Organize a “Doctor for a Day” program at your state capitol to help legislators become more familiar with the conditions physiatrists treat, rather than just physicians’ legislative requests.
- Contact the AAPM&R health policy staff for assistance, and learn more about Federal Legislation.