Federal Advocacy

The Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP) provides a platform for both members and patients to gain a better and broader understanding of how national healthcare issues and legislation affect them.

• The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has extensive resources and information on their advocacy work to advance the specialty of family medicine.
• The AAFP’s Robert Graham Policy Center is a one-stop site for policy studies on primary care and family medicine with fascinating one-pagers to share with legislators and colleagues.
• Track health policy as it happens using Kaiser Health News.  The free tool features webcasts, daily news summaries, a national healthy policy calendar, and a searchable archives.
• AAFP Policies A-Z