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AANP Responses to Media

Fox News Segment - December 9, 2009

Forbes.com Article - December 4, 2009

Click here to view the Fox News segment and the article that ran in Forbes.com, "The Doctor Drought" by Marc Siegel. Click here to read the response from AANP.

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Associated Press - September 13, 2009

Click here to read "50 Million New Patients? More Primary Docs A Must" by Steve LeBlanc. Click here to read the response from AANP.

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USA Today - August 18, 2009

Click here to read "Doctor Shortage Looms as Primary Care Loses its Pull" by Janice Lloyd. Click here to read the response from AANP.

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Time.com - August 3, 2009

Click here to read "If a Health-Care Bill Passes, Nurse Practitioners Could Be Key" by Kate Pickert. Click here to read the response from AANP.

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CNNMoney.com - July 23, 2009

Click here to read a CNNMoney.com article by Parja B. Kavilanz titled "Health care future may already exist." Click here to read the response from AANP.

Click here to read the responses posted at CNNMoney.com on Wednesday, July 29.

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CNNMoney.com - July 18, 2009

Click here to read a CNNMoney.com article by Parja B. Kavilanz titled "Family doctors: An endangered breed." At the end of the article is the following statement: Should specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants be encouraged to fill in the gap left by shortage of primary care doctors? Click here to read the response from AANP.

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The American Academy of Family Physicians - June 24, 2009

Click here to read an article that ran on June 24, 2009 in AAFP News Now. Article is written by Barbara Bein. Our response to AAFP is available here. ________________________________________________________________________

The New York Times - June 23, 2009

Click here to read "A Personal, Coordinated Approach to Care" - an article that ran on June 23, 2009 in The New York Times. Article is written by Jane E. Brody. Our response to The New York Times is available here.
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The Washington Post - June 20, 2009

Click here to read "Primary-Care Doctor Shortage May Undermine Reform Efforts" - an article that ran on June 20, 2009 in The Washington Post. Article is written by Ashley Halsey III. Our response to The Washington Post is available here. ________________________________________________________________________

SmartMoney Magazine - June 2009

Click here to read "Health Care in a Hurry" - an article that ran in the June 2009 issue of SmartMoney, a Wall Street Journal publication. Our response to their editor and Letters to the Editor page is available here.

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New York Times - April 27, 2009

Click here to read Shortage of Doctors an Obstacle to Obama Goals, an article published in the New York Times and click here to read AANP response. Our response was sent to the New York Times Op-Ed page and Letters to the Editor page as well as to Robert Pear the author of the article.
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Austin American Statesman - March 17, 2009

Click here to read a commentary from Austin Texas Family Physician Dr. Kurt Frederick on primary care providers and click here for the response from JoEllen Wynne, AANP Associate Director of Education.