About the Council
Through its reports, the Council on Medical Service recommends AMA policies and actions for consideration by the AMA House of Delegates on the socioeconomic factors that influence the practice of medicine. Council reports cover a wide range of topics, including:
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Managed care
- Consumer-driven health care
- Covering the uninsured and expanding choice
- Hospitals
- Health care costs
- Pharmaceuticals
- e-Health
- Allied health
- Other topics
Reports by House of Delegates meeting
Access full-text Council on Medical Service reports from June 1998 to the present.