APsaA makes sure that the voices of its members are heard both on Capitol Hill as well as at various state levels. This section features letters sent to legislators as well as to federal and state administrators conveying the points of view of the Association.
APsaA is hard at work advocating for the protection of patients' right to privacy.
Numerous bills are pending in Congress, with complex provisions that could lead to dramatic changes in the economics of health care and other aspects of health care policy.
These landmark cases are pivotal to issues of particular concern to APsaA members such as medical privacy which impacts their clinical practices as well as issues of broad social concern such as gay rights and same-sex marriage. Often, landmark cases are the outcome of a legal case that establishes a precedent that either substantially changes the interpretation of the law or that simply establishes new case law on a particular issue. |