In response to increasingly unfair managed care business practices, individual physicians and state and county medical associations have brought class action lawsuits challenging the legality of these practices. The AMA’s Litigation Center has initiated its own legal actions against health plans as well as supporting other lawsuits through filing "friend of the court" briefs.
Get a summary of AMA Litigation Center activities.
View the 11th Circuit decision on class certification.
Read statements and press releases on the settlements listed below. Some of the Statements require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
AMA supports Aetna settlement with nation's physicians - (10/27/2003) (67.4 KB)
AMA pleased with CIGNA settlement - (9/3/2003) (68.4 KB)
AMA: Settlement will make it easier for physicians to work with Aetna(5/22/2003) (67.4KB)
AMA pleased discovery will begin in suits against health insurers - (7/31/2002) (74KB)
Florida physicians join national action agaisnt health plans - (8/29/2001) (72KB)
AMA: It's time to prove whether profiteering insurance corporations are contributing to the health of the nation - (5/10/2001) (62KB)
AMA supportsTX, CA, GA physicians as they take HMOs to court to return health care decisions to patients and physicians - (3/27/2001) (75KB)
AMA supports lawsuit against Connecticut's big health insurers - (2/14/2001) (70KB)
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