Abstract
Recent federal challenges to children's healthcare suggest an increased need for pediatric advocacy efforts to articulate a medical perspective on child health policy issues.1,2 Attempts to change the funding structure of Medicaid via block grants, reductions in funding for teen pregnancy prevention, delays in reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, and actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act threaten the pediatric population's access to care.3-5 Academic pediatricians, whose research and clinical work often closely relates to healthcare disparities and social determinants of health, are ideally poised to help inform public policy for children's health issues.
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