Universal Health Care Coverage

Approved by the ACEP Board of Directors August 2009
Originally approved by the ACEP Board of Directors December 1999

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) believes:

• All Americans must have health care coverage; 
• Health care coverage will contain a benefits package that provides for timely, unrestricted access to quality emergency care; 
• Any benefit package should reflect generally accepted standards of medical practice supported by outcome-based evidence, where available.