Press Releases

AMA, Sling Health expand engagement with physicians and entrepreneurs

The AMA and Sling Health expanded their joint efforts to allow physicians to inspire technologies that resolve unmet needs in health care.
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Litigation Center

Supreme Court looks to AMA for guidance in big health care cases

The AMA’s input has helped shape rulings on everything from alcoholism and transgender rights to medical privacy and the Affordable Care Act.
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Economics

Growth in health spending slows to pre-ACA level

U.S. health spending hit $3.5 trillion in 2017, but the growth in spending slowed to levels seen before implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Sustainability

Prior authorization research & reports

Read the evidence supporting the need for prior authorization reform.

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Sustainability

1 in 4 doctors say prior authorization has led to a serious adverse event

Physicians in an AMA survey also report that prior authorization delays access to care and that the burden associated with the process has gotten worse.

Press Releases

Prior authorization hurdles have led to serious adverse events

The AMA issued the new findings from its annual survey exploring physician experiences with prior authorization programs.
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Patient Support & Advocacy

Most commercial health insurance markets are highly concentrated

Health insurance competition is sorely lacking, AMA research shows, and growing consolidation is not bringing lower premiums for patients.

Press Releases

Competition levels drop for health insurance markets across 25 states

New AMA study finds half of all states had commercial health insurance markets that were less competitive in 2017 than the previous year.

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