2021 Commitment to Policy Action

Drive Policies to Promote Equity in Access to Care and Health Outcomes

Enhance maternal health and address the nation’s maternal mortality crisis, including extending postpartum coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries
Support, protect and expand health care coverage and patient protections, including strengthening the Medicaid safety net and protections guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act
Eliminate discrimination, racism, and racial inequities in health care and health outcomes with goal of achieving health equity
Prioritize communities marginalized and disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and other health crises
Protect and expand access to comprehensive evidence-based obstetric and gynecologic care, including opposing restrictions on reproductive health care

Address barriers to our members’ ability to practice comprehensive obstetrics and gynecology
Expand the footprint on physician payment and oppose unfair reimbursement policies by governmental and commercial entities
Advocate for policies that sustain obstetric and gynecologic practices and including equitable coverage and payment for telehealth services

Protect health care workers and promote measures to sustain physician practices
Advocate for equitable vaccine distribution and the inclusion of pregnant and lactating people in research and clinical trials
Support efforts to ensure access to care, particularly among communities disproportionately affected
Promote and enhance investment in public health infrastructure and evidence-based public education to prepare for future health crises

Work to support and elect candidates who share ACOG’s commitment to evidence-based health care and the specialty of obstetrics and gynecology
Counter inaccurate and politicized rhetoric that undermines science or seeks to erode the patient physician relationship