Federal Advocacy

AMA Advocacy in Action

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The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care as an influential voice at the state and federal level that informs, guides and generates support for policies that advance meaningful health care initiatives. Learn from Advocacy in Action about what’s at stake and what the AMA is doing to address the concerns most relevant to patients and physicians.

In addition to these advocacy priorities, the AMA is actively working for America’s physicians on a broad range of issues. To learn more, see the full breadth of the AMA’s advocacy efforts.

Fighting for physicians: Our Priorities

AMA in Action: Fighting scope creep

Fighting scope creep

AMA in Action: Fixing prior authorization

Fixing prior authorization

AMA in Action: Reducing physician burnout

Reducing physician burnout

AMA in Action: Supporting telehealth

Supporting telehealth

Improving public health

AMA in Action: Protecting reproductive health

Protecting reproductive health

AMA in Action: Ending the overdose epidemic

Ending the overdose epidemic

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Combatting health effects of climate change

Removing obstacles to care

AMA in Action: Covering the uninsured

Covering the uninsured

AMA in Action: Creating fairness in surprise billing disputes

Creating fairness in surprise billing disputes

AMA in Action: Clearing IMGs’ route to practice

Clearing IMGs’ route to practice

Get involved

The AMA works to generate support for critical health care policies—and we can’t do it without your help. Learn how you can get involved with AMA advocacy.

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