Federal Advocacy

Patient Action Network

1 Min Read

Improve patient access to care

Learn about issues, such as drug price transparency and telemedicine, that affect patient health, share your stories and notify your lawmakers in Congress to make a difference.

More than 1 million patient activists have joined the Patients' Action Network, which began in 2004 in response to legislative issues that the AMA feared would harm the patient-doctor relationship and restrict patients' access to health care.

The Patients' Action Network enables the growing base of patients to take appropriate action on important health care issues. View stories from doctors and patients across the country and share your own experiences. Understand issues affecting patients and make your voice heard in Washington, DC.

FEATURED STORIES

Speech balloons

Physicians must tell their own story—for patients’ sake

| 3 Min Read
Profiles positioned as data points across a map of the U.S.

What tops the state advocacy agenda for doctors in 2026

| 7 Min Read
Supportive group holding hands

Time for decisive action on substance-use disorder treatment

| 5 Min Read
Sitting health care worker in a busy hallway

1 in 3 NPs and PAs switch specialties at least once in career

| 6 Min Read