FFFM | March 2026 Advocacy Rounds
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David Tully discusses the AAFP's advocacy efforts in March 2026, focusing on primary care funding and healthcare access issues.
David Tully, AAFP vice president of government relations, recaps the AAFP's March 2026 advocacy efforts . Academy EVP and CEO Shawn Martin testified before Congress on how underinvestment fuels workforce shortages, longer waits and practice closures. Chronic disease drives 90% of the $4.9 trillion the US spends on health care each year, but primary care receives less than 5% of th ose funds. With that in mind, the AAFP urged Congress to improve patients' access and costs by making primary care affordable, supporting science-based vaccine policy, advancing targeted tax policies, protecting medical student loans (including the Public Servic e Loan Forgiveness program) and funding the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at $500 million. Topics by Timestamp 00:00 March a dvocacy r ecap 00:35 Primary c are u nderfunding 01:48 Capitol Hill m eetings 02:03 Affordable a ccess m essage 02:42 Science -b ased v accine policy 03:03 Tax i ncentives to improve the PC w orkforce 03:37 Student l oan p rotections 05:23 AI p rinciples in c are 07:35 Fund AHRQ r esearch 08:48 Closing and resources Additional Resources Six ways Congress can make health care affordable for doctors and patients…
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