The U.S. Supreme Court closed its 2024 session with a number of rulings in high-profile cases, some of which could affect family physicians.

The AAFP closely monitored several of these cases with the help of Leavitt Partners, a Washington, D.C., consulting firm specializing in health care policy.

In this episode of the Fighting for Family Medicine podcast series, Shannon Deere of Leavitt Partners talks with Academy Government Relations Vice President David Tully about how the courts factor into the Academy’s advocacy and the impacts the latest rulings may have on family medicine.

Resources

• Statement: AAFP Commends Surgeon General’s Commitment to Stem Firearm Violence

• Statement: Family Physicians Relieved SCOTUS Preserves Access to Mifepristone, Preserves Patient-Physician Relationship

• Statement: Family Physicians Encouraged SCOTUS Decision Safeguards Access to Care

Topics by Timestamp

• 00:00 Welcome to the Fighting for Family Medicine series for a conversation about how the Academy monitors U.S. Supreme Court cases
• 00:34 Meet Shannon Deere of Leavitt Partners, a key AAFP advocacy consultant
• 01:30 Supreme Court basics
• 02:30 The mifepristone decision
• 05:25 How the AAFP determines which SCOTUS cases to watch
• 07:12 The Chevron Doctrine and how a new related ruling may affect family medicine
• 08:37 What happens after the court rules
• 10:55 Potential impacts of this SCOTUS term on family physicians
• 14:55 What’s coming up next term?
• 16:10 Closing

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