ACCP Grassroots Advocacy

Priority Issues

Learn more about the public policies currently before Congress for consideration, which have real and profound implications for your patients and your practice. This section includes relevant background information, graphs, and talking points.

Current Priority Issues for Chest Medicine

• Critical Care Workforce Shortage

• Critical care workforce shortage
  • “e-Dear Colleague” letter from Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9)
    and Eric Cantor (R-VA-7)
    May 19, 2009
  • Press release from the Office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
    May 12, 2009
  • “Dear Colleague” letter from Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Mike Crapo (R-ID)
    May 7, 2009
  • Press release from the Office of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
    March 18, 2009
  • Talking points/the "ask"
  • Q & A
  • Graphs
    • The critical care workforce supply and demand gap
    • ICU patient population growth
  • The legislation
    • S 1020
    • HR 1581
  • 2004 CHEST special report


• Economic recovery proposals: side-by-side comparison of the House,

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