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Physical therapy plays a vital role in addressing America's health care challenges.

APTA's biennial statements of our public policy priorities help us deliver our message to federal legislators and policymakers on the role of physical therapy in the U.S. health care system. These priorities provide decision-makers with an easy-to-understand roadmap of where we think our country needs to go and serve as a starting place for deeper conversations on needed reforms.

With the start of the 119th Congress, the "APTA Public Policy Priorities, 2025-26" is focused squarely on issues relevant to federal legislators — including an emphasis on Medicare payment reform — and is distributed to all lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the new Administration, as well as to federal agencies including the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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