FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 March 28, 2024 Statement on Biden Administration’s Overdose Initiative WASHINGTON, D.C. – Doctors for America’s Substance Use Disorder (SUD) subcommittee applauds “The White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose” Initiative. The Biden administration’s initiative, the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose, to make the overdose-reversal drug, naloxone, more accessible is a critical step in addressing the ongoing opioid crisis. This proactive approach aligns with evidence-b ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 March 27, 2024 Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Urges Supreme Court to Uphold FDA Approval of Mifepristone  Washington, D.C. – Doctors for America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reject anti-abortion groups’ attempts to severely limit or ban patient access to the abortion medication, mifepristone.  Tuesday’s hearing in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA reaffirmed that the judicial campaign to ban mife ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 March 23, 2024 Statement from AAC on the Anniversary of the Enactment of the Affordable Care Act   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Doctors For America proudly celebrates the 14th anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), along with the millions of Americans who have benefited from the landmark legislation. In the most recent enrollment period, a record 21 million people selected a plan through the ACA Marketplace and tens of millions more continue to rely on the ex ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 March 19, 2024 Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force in Washington, D.C. to Advocate for Patient Safety  Task Force members will meet with the White House to discuss the FDA-proposed ban on menthol, and members of Congress to discuss FDA funding Washington, D.C.: This week, Doctors for America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force will be meeting with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to urge the Biden administration to finalize the FDA-proposed ban on ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 March 5, 2024 Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Urges the Biden Administration to No Longer Delay a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Doctors for America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force is calling on President Biden to protect vulnerable Americans by expeditiously finalizing the proposed rule already approved by the FDA to ban menthol cigarettes. Menthol increases the palatability of smoking, facilitates the adoption of a smoking habit, increases the di ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 March 4, 2024 Mississippi to Expand Medicaid Under the Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – As we approach the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Mississippi has now taken a major first step toward becoming the 41st state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. After years of opposition in the Mississippi Legislature to even considering Medicaid expansion, changes in House Speakership opened the door to the overwhelmingly bipartisan 98-20 passage of a House bill to e ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 December 4, 2023 Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Meets with Policymakers on End-of-Year Priorities The FDA Task Force is meeting with key members of Congress to discuss the need for robust FDA funding and with leaders at the FDA to discuss robust public advisory committees and strategies to maintain transparency and public trust Washington, D.C.: This week, Doctors for America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force is meeting with leaders on Capitol Hill and at the FDA to di ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 November 16, 2023 Doctors for America Welcomes Warnock and Kennedy Report on Lowering the Price of Insulin WASHINGTON, D.C. –Doctors for America (DFA) welcomes the release of the new report from Senators Raphael Warnock and John Kennedy identifying the urgent need for federal action to lower the price of insulin. As their report, Examining Insulin Deserts, makes plain, recent voluntary commitments by drugmakers to lower the prices on some of their insulin products are simply inadequate to ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 October 12, 2023 Doctors for America and The Reproductive Health Coalition File Fifth Amicus Brief in Major Medication Abortion Case WASHINGTON, D.C. – On October 12, 2023, Doctors for America (DFA) and the Reproductive Health Coalition (RHC) filed a new amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to emphasize the profound harms to American health care that would likely flow if medically unnecessary restrictions were placed on access to mifepristone. The brief, filed in the case of Alliance fo ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box 53313 1921 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC  20009-9997 October 5, 2023 Michigan’s High Prescription Drug Costs Closer to Being Reined in by Independent Board After Senate Vote Board will hold Big Pharma accountable for high cost of prescription drugs, bring transparency; next step is House vote Lansing, MI – The Michigan Senate today overwhelmingly chose the wellbeing of patients in Michigan over profits of Big Pharma. After years of seeing costs of life-saving medications skyrocket out of control, with no transparency or oversight, a package ..read more