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National Physicians Alliance Raises Concerns over Health Impacts of Current Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
Posted by Becky Martin, NPA Project Manager April 23, 2013 at 2:12 PM
Washington DC—April 22, 2013 (PDF download) The National Physicians Alliance strongly supports bipartisan efforts to reform our immigration system to create a roadmap to citizenship. However, as physicians deeply committed to addressing our country’s health disparities, we have serious concerns about the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act in its current form—specifically, concerns [...]
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Stemming Gun Violence: A Window of Opportunity
Posted by Ricky Choi, MD, MPH, NPA Board Member April 16, 2013 at 9:57 AM
On the morning of December 14, 2012, I was rounding on newborn babies in the hospital. Zipping from room to room I checked on swaddled babies sleeping in the crook of their exhausted mothers’ arms. For a brief moment I glanced at my twitter feed and stood stunned as news trickled in about a classroom [...]
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Gun Safety Bill Moves Forward, Clears Senate Filibuster 68-31
Posted by Darden Rice, NPA Communications Director April 11, 2013 at 7:20 PM
The calls, letters and visits into Senate offices from gun violence prevention advocates are working! Today, a majority of U.S. Senators voted to move legislation forward that would help protect our patients, our families and our communities from gun violence. Overcoming a filibuster with a 68-31 vote, the historic gun violence prevention legislation cleared its [...]
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