Support Local Advocacy
Take action on proposed legislation and/or get plugged into advocacy at the local level.
Advocate for Primary Care & Family Medicine
- Governor Walz’s Budget Proposal Shows Support for Primary Care (01/28/22)
- Investing in Primary Care: A Report of the Primary Care Stakeholders Group (04/20/21)
- Advocating for Primary Care During COVID-19 & Beyond (04/30/20)
- Ensuring Family Medicine Has a Seat at the Table (04/21/20)
- Support for Primary Care More Important Than Ever (04/03/20)
- Family Docs: On the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis (10/28/19)
- MAFP Supports Rural Family Medicine Training (10/22/19)
- Primary Care Investment (10/11/19)
- Creating a Healthcare Workforce Plan for Minnesota (07/16/19)
Respond to Proposed Legislation or Rule/Ordinance Changes
- Protect the Patient-Physician Relationship: Support the Women’s Health Protection Act (05/11/22)
- Support SF 3563: Physician Preceptor Tax Credit (03/17/22)
- Support HF 3696 / SF 3689: Understanding Health Care Spending in MN (03/03/22)
- Support Health Care Loan Forgiveness (04/01/21)
- Support Family Leave & Early Childcare & Education (03/21/21)
- Gun Violence Prevention (03/13/21)
- Fix Prior Authorization (2020)
- MAFP & MMA Oppose Change to Quality Measures (2020)
- Duluth to Vote on Conversion Therapy for Minors (2019)
- Improving the Environmental Review Process (2019)
- MAFP Supports Health Impact Assessments (2019)
- MAFP Supports Reach Out & Read (2019)
- MAFP Supports Direct Primary Care (2019)
- MAFP Supports Immunization Education Bill (2019)
- MAFP Supports Access to Contraception (2019)
- MAFP Supports Common Sense Gun Safety Measures (2019)
Find out who represents you and how to contact your legislative representatives.
Hear from the Academy & Members on Important Issues
Topic: Physician Burnout
- Addressing the Factors Contributing to Physician Burnout (11/08/21)
- We Must Do Something About Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide (07/23/21)
- We Need a Better Solution for the Terrible Disease of Burnout (05/26/21)
Topic: Reproductive Health Care
- MN Family Physicians Stand Against Policies That Criminalize Abortion Care (06/24/22)
- Protect the Patient-Physician Relationship: Support the Women’s Health Protection Act (05/11/22)
TOPIC: NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE
TopicS: Race in Medicine & Racism
- Seeking Physician Mentors for Underrepresented Pre-Med Students (09/01/21)
- MAFP Response to Insurrection & Commitment to Antiracism Work (01/20/21)
- Health Equity Impact Assessment Needed (10/07/20)
- MAFP Resident & Medical Student Statement (on defacement of George Floyd mural, 08/25/20)
- Reimagining Graduate Medical Education (08/07/20)
- Addressing Racism: Resources, Advocacy & Education for Family Docs (06/03/20)
- COVID-19: Magnifier of Inequities (04/10/20)
- What’s Race Got to Do With It (11/03/19)
Topics: Medical Education & Graduate Medical Education
- Religious Accommodations for Health Care Providers and Trainees (11/21/22)
- We Need Family Doctors With Advanced OB Training (11/30/21)
- Seeking Physician Mentors for Underrepresented Pre-Med Students (09/01/21)
- Duluth’s Continued Success in Matching Students into Family Medicine (04/14/21)
- Emily Onello, MD, Profiles Rural Medical Educators (02/25/21)
- See One. Do One. Teach One. (12/15/20)
- Reimagining Graduate Medical Education (08/07/20)
- St. Joe’s Serves St. Paul (11/27/19)
Topic: COVID-19 Pandemic
- MN Physicians Urge Minnesotans to Get Vaccinated (12/17/21)
- COVID-19 Vaccines: Safety and Effectiveness (9/23/21)
- We Need You to Join the Fight Against the Delta Variant (08/13/21)
- COVID-19 Vaccine: This Is Our Shot (02/05/21)
- What MN Family Docs Want You to Know as COVID-19 Is Surging (11/16/20)
- Thank You, MN, for Helping to Flatten the Curve (04/26/20)
- Separating Fact from Fiction With COVID-19 (04/19/20)
- COVID-19: Magnifier of Inequities (04/10/20)
- Funding Support for MN Family Docs (03/22/20)
- COVID-19: The Path Through (03/11/20)
Topic: Single-Payer Health Care
- Taking Action on Single-Payer Health Care (01/11/23)
Topic: Direct Primary Care
- How to Reduce Medical Care Costs (10/26/22)
Get Involved in the MAFP
Become a delegate and represent your local chapter of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) at the House of Delegates, our annual business meeting and policy-setting session. Serve on the MAFP board of directors and/or join an MAFP committee, task force and/or advisory group and help guide the MAFP’s work.
- MAFP House of Delegates 2022 Recap
- MAFP House of Delegates 2021: What’s New & How to Engage
- MAFP Advocacy Summit Recap 2020
- Intro to Advocacy Training 2020
- MAFP Leadership Openings
- House of Delegates 2019 Recap
- Resolutions Shape Policies
Advocate at a national level
- A Conversation with Cybill Oragwu, MD, About the National Conference of Constituency Leaders (02/28/23)
- AAFP 2022 Congress of Delegates: MN Highlights (09/29/22)
- Daron Gersch, MD, Candidate for AAFP Vice Speaker (04/23/21)
- AAFP National Conference 2019
- Family Medicine Advocacy Summit 2019
- National Conference of Constituency Leaders 2019
Want to get involved? Not sure where to start? Contact Jami Burbidge, chief operating officer of the MAFP.
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Advocating for Family Medicine is an advocacy blog by the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP).
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