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June 2024: Myths and Truths of Surgical Society Advocacy
May 2024: A Medical Student's Perspectives of SSAT Lobby Day
June 2023: An Evening with NYS Governor Kathy Hochul
May 2023: ACS 2023 Leadership & Advocacy Summit
February 2023: The Fruits of Advocacy
December 2022: ACS Legislative Committee Update and Pertinent NYS Health Issues
February 2022: Covid-19 Vaccines and Religious Issues
October 2021: COVID Vaccine Booster: The Politics of an Evolving Pandemic
August 2021: Vaccine Hesitancy: Getting to Know the Unvaccinated
August 2021: From the ACS: Talk It Up
June 2021: CARES: Where Did the Bailout Funds Go?
May 2021: From the ACS Board of Governors Health Policy and Advocacy Workgroup: Understanding "Administrative Burden" and its Implications
February 2021: Supply Chains
January 2021: Impact of COVID-19 on Unemployment and Health Insurance
January 2021: Covid Vaccine: A Plea
November 2020: Telemedicine and Resident Education
October 2020: Write to your Member of Congress
October 2020: A Collision of Epidemics
September 2020:Write your Representative and urge them to sign the Bera-Bucshon Letter to Stop Payment Cuts
August 2020: ICYMI: ACS Strongly Opposes Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
April 2020: A Surgeon's Voice in the COVID-19 Era
February 2020: Lobbying and Our Patients: a shared vision
January 2020: What is Lobby Day?
December 2019: NIH Funding is Essential to Prime the Pump for New Therapies
November 2019: Will EPAs Ensure Graduation Of Competent, Independent Surgeons?
October 2019: ACS Board of Governors Legislative Committee Report
September 2019: The "Red Book": Creating a Culture of Quality, Safety, and High Reliability in Surgery
July 2019: Issues with GI Cancers in the Elderly - How Education and Policy Can Improve Outcomes
June 2019: Workforce Shortage for General Surgeons
April 2019: Lobby Day 2018
February 2019: Interview with a Surgeon, Discussion with Megan C. Tracci, MD, JD
December 2018: Concurrent Surgery
November 2018: Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Affordable Care Act
November 2017: How to Influence Local Politics with Testimony

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