ACEP Rally

On September 27, at 10 a.m. more than 4,000 emergency physicians and other emergency care health professionals participated in The Rally at the US Capitol. Gathering on the Capitol’s West Lawn, these concerned citizens urged Congress to support HR 3875, the Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2005.

Emergency physicians across the country are concerned because Americans are losing access to emergency care due to crowding and ambulance diversion, lack of on-call physicians, the professional liability crisis, the financial consequences of EMTALA, and rising numbers of uninsured and underinsured patients.