Practice and Advocacy
Healthcare Reform Information
AAO-HNS Healthcare Reform Advocacy Efforts
The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) is actively engaged in healthcare reform efforts in Washington, D.C. The Academy has joined the surgical community to formally submit comments to advocate for the inclusion or improvement of physician specific components of healthcare reform legislation in the House and Senate. To learn more about AAO-HNS’ positions on healthcare reform, review the links below.
To access more information on the Academy's state and federal advocacy efforts, please visit AAO-HNS' Advocacy homepage at http://www.entnet.org/advocacy (member log in required).
State-by-State Fact Sheets on the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
Enacted Version of H.R. 3590, the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
Healthcare Reform Implementation Timeline
Nation's ENT Doctors Join Physician Coalition in National Effort to Advocate for Appropriate Healthcare Reform
March 2010
- AAO-HNS Joins Surgical Coalition in Opposing Current House Healthcare Reform Package
- AAO-HNS Signs Letter Voicing Concerns with Lack of Effective Medical Liability Reform Provisions in Healthcare Reform Package
- AAO-HNS Press Release on Healthcare Reform Legislation
- AAO-HNS Signs Surgical Coalition Letter Urging Revisions to Final Healthcare Reform Package
February 2010
- AAO-HNS Signs Letter Urging Action on Medical Liability Reform
- Surgical Coalition Letter to President and Congress Regarding Bipartisan Healthcare Reform Meeting
January 2010
- AAO-HNS Signs Letter Supporting Tax Exemption for Class I Medical Devices in Healthcare Reform
- AAO-HNS Signs Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) Letter Regarding Reform Alternatives
- AAO-HNS joins 74 Organizations to Urge Congressional Leaders to Oppose the Creation of an Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
- AAO-HNS Drafts Letter to Congressional Leaders in Opposition of Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
December 2009
- AAO-HNS Opposes Medical Device Tax in Healthcare Reform Legislation
- Surgical Coalition Letter Outlining Opposition to Senate Healthcare Reform Legislation, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
November 2009
- AAO-HNS Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Taxes on Elective Medical Procedures
- AAO-HNS Letter to Rep. John Dingell regarding H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Healthcare for America Act” and H.R. 3961, the “Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act.”
- Surgical Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership Outlining Reform Priorities
September 2009
- Surgical Coalition Responds to Hospital Exclusion from IMAC Proposal in Senate
- Surgical Specialty Coalition Comments on Amendments to the Senate Finance Healthcare Reform Proposal
- Surgical Specialty Coalition Comments on Senate Finance Healthcare Reform Proposal
- Joint Surgical Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner Outlining “Surgeons and Healthcare Reform” Principles
- Surgeons and Healthcare Reform
- Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives about Medical Liability Reform
- Letter to the U.S. Senate about Medical Liability Reform
August 2009
- AAO-HNS Signs Joint Surgical Letter to President Obama Regarding His Egregious Comments About Tonsillectomy and Amputation
- Statement from the American College of Surgeons Regarding Recent Comments from President Obama
July 2009
- Surgical Society Letter to Speaker Pelosi Voicing Strong Opposition to the Creation of an “Independent Medicare Advisory Council” (IMAC)
- Congressman Neal's (D-MA) Letter to Speaker Pelosi Against the Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC)
- View the July 28, 2009, Fox News Interview of AAO-HNS President-elect Ronald Kuppersmith, MD, FACS, Regarding President Obama’s Tonsillectomy Comment and Healthcare Reform
- AAO-HNS Responds to President Obama’s Remarks on Tonsillectomy
- American College of Surgeons Calls President’s Comments about Physicians Ill-Informed
- AAO-HNS Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 3200, “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009”
- Coalition Letter to Chairman Waxman in Opposition to Weiner Amendment to Limit Imaging Physician Self-Referrals
June 2009
May 2009
March 2009