American College of Surgeons Statement on Health Care Reform
In its newly issued Statement on Health Care Reform, the American College of Surgeons urges Congress and the Administration to take action concerning three critically important and interrelated goals for health care: Quality and Safety, Access/Workforce, and Reduction of Health Care Costs. This document sets forth for each of these priorities specific actions that Congress and the incoming President and Administration should support, as well as related activities the ACS is committed to undertaking.
 View the Statement online (100K PDF)

ACS Releases Comprehensive Report on Emergency Care Crisis
On June 23 the American College of Surgeons (ACS) released a comprehensive report, “A Growing Crisis in Patient Access to Emergency Surgical Care,” which outlines in depth the serious problems surgeons and their patients are facing due to the virtual collapse of the nation’s emergency care system.
 View the report online (400K PDF)