MAFP Advocacy Blog

On this blog, you’ll find legislative updates, invitations to take action on proposed legislation, advocacy tools, clinical practice resources and family medicine voices.
Our health systems have changed more in the past four weeks than in the last decade. Even after the current crisis fades, the old ways cannot fully return. All systems...
Under its new “normal,” the Minnesota legislature continues to only act on bills that have been agreed to by all four of the legislative caucuses. Our legislative rep Dave Renner,...
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians leader Deb Dittberner, MD, MBA, helps us separate fact from fiction on some commonly asked questions about COVID-19....
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You may have heard the COVID-19 pandemic, with its obvious widespread effects, referred to as “the great equalizer.” But, like every public health crisis throughout history, COVID-19 is NOT an...
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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update on the current legislative session, including the passing of an additional relief package for COVID-19, continuing discussions...