Advocacy

Supporting the Oral Health of Our Community

The Academy of General Dentistry works to ensure that general dentists can speak up when it matters most. That means making participation easy so that our members can unite their voices on legislative and regulatory activities affecting their practice. As a member, you can access the information and tools to quickly and conveniently impact legislative activities that are underway.

We need our members to get involved and make sure that legislators in our states and on Capitol Hill understand the issues affecting oral health, dentistry and issues affecting general dentists and their patients. 

Watch for regular updates as well as the latest news on more urgent issues that need your assistance by contacting legislators. 

Read the latest issue of AGD Capitol Connections

2023 Activities

AGD joins ad supporting FDA rules banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars 11.5.23

AGD signs onto letter to Senate Finance and HELP Committees for SUPPORT Act reauthorization 11.2.23

AGD sends letter to HELP Ranking Member Cassidy on CDC Modernization 10.20.23

AGD sends letter to HRSA on health professional shortage areas. 10.16.23

AGD signs onto letter supporting H.R. 4775, the Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act 9.28.23

AGD comments on 2024 CMS Outpatient rule 9.11.23

AGD comments on 2024 CMS Physician Fee Schedule rule 9.11.23

AGD joins ODC in supporting NCOIL MLR model legislation 7.19.23

ODC letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee in support of the Action for Dental Health Act 7.18.23

Trahan-Carter Letter to SAMHSA Regarding MATE Implementation 7.13.23

AGD thanks Congressional sponsors of the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act 7.13.23

Hill Day advocacy leads to Congressional letter to Dept. of Justice on antitrust enforcement 7.11.23

AGD signs onto letter to CMS’s Proposed Rule on Medicaid Managed Care 7.3.23

AGD signs letter to CMS’s Proposed rule on Medicaid Equal Access 7.3.23

AGD supports bipartisan legislation to help recruit dental and dental hygiene faculty 6.22.23

AGD opposes efforts to weaken FDA’s authority to regulate tobacco 6.12.23

AGD signs onto letter asking Senate HELP Committee to pass REDI Act 6.6.23

ODC House Thank You Letter (DOC) Access Act of 2023 5.15.23

ODC Senate Thank You Letter (DOC) Access Act of 2023 5.15.23

AGD Responds to Rep. Miller-Meeks RFI on CDC. 4 23.23

AGD Comments on FTC Noncompete Proposal 4.18.23

AGD signs Organized Dentistry Coalition letter thanking Rep. Simpson for introducing SMILED Act. 4.11.23

AGD responds to ADA effort to enhance the CDT Code 3.30.23

AGD submits statement to Senate Finance Committee’s Health Subcommittee hearing on the importance of oral health 3.29.23

AGD provides information to Senate HELP Committee on Pandemic preparedness 3.29.23

AGD signs on to ODC letter to Senate HELP Committee on health care workforce shortages. 3.20.23

AGD signs onto letter supporting proposed NCOIL MLR Model Legislation 3.7.23

AGD signs onto letter to the Senate supporting prohibition of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars 2.21.23

AGD signs onto letter to the House supporting prohibition of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars 2.21.23

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