ACP, AAFP express concerns on Trump’s executive order on immigration

The ACP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and other medical associations recently released comprehensive statements announcing serious concerns about the effects that President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on immigration will have on medical education, access to health care services, public health and families.“Many of America’s physicians and students earn their medical degrees overseas and complete residency training in the United States, where they then continue to practice medicine successfully,” John Meigs, Jr, MD, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), said in a statement. “Discrimination based (Read more...)

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