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Intrusions into medicine jeopardize patients and public health

Our nation cannot allow political, judicial or ideological interference that compromises patient access to safe, evidence-based medical care.

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On medical school graduation day, believing anything is possible

Work with your health care teammates, be ready to ask for help, and do your part to reimagine medicine. And when mom calls, take time to chat.

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Change Healthcare hack shows need for more competition

The Change Healthcare cyberattack highlights the perils of consolidation and its potential for harm to our entire health care system.

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Idaho abortion law undermines core medical ethics

Physicians, not politicians, should determine at what point abortion is the stabilizing care required to avoid grave harm to a pregnant patient.

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Combating vaccine misinformation saves lives

Federal health officials have a compelling interest to counteract medical misinformation spread through social media and other means.

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Reducing access to mifepristone would harm patients

Scientific evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates mifepristone’s safety. Reimposing limits on its use will harm patients and undermine the nation’s longstanding drug-approval system.

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Time to make more noise about our biggest killer: heart disease

With the AMA’s help, physicians and health care organizations are boosting BP control for millions of patients. But there’s so much more to do.

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Match Day marks the start of a new journey for tomorrow’s doctors

The move to physician residency comes with new power to transform your patients’ lives, and medicine, for the better. Now it’s time to roll up our sleeves and dig in.

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The only cure for Medicare payment mess is wholesale reform

Congress again has failed to stop Medicare physician pay cuts. Comprehensive, long-term changes that protect patients’ access to care are long overdue.

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