Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH urged lawmakers to expand access to evidence-based addiction treatment and invest more resources to address the addiction and overdose crisis during today’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing .

ASAM signed onto a letter commenting on the Tobacco to 21 Act, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, and the Stopping Consumption of Tobacco by Teens (SCOTT) Act of 2019.

ASAM urges Congress to make significant improvements to MACRA.

The Partnership to Amend 42 CFR Part 2 sent a letter urging Senator Lamar Alexander to use the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 as an opportunity to align 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPAA.

ASAM took the opportunity to advocate for standardization of addiction treatment when MACPAC released its request for information on the Medicaid IMD Additional INFO Act.

ASAM sent a letter to Congressional leaders requesting various improvements to policies created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

ASAM sent a letter to Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Tim Kaine expressing support for the Tobacco-Free Youth Act.

ASAM sent a letter to Representatives Frank Pallone and Donna Shalala expressing strong support for the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 (H.R. 2339).