State Advocacy

AMA State Advocacy Impact Report

Learn about how the AMA, through state and specialty collaborations, fought for physicians and their patients in 2025.

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The American Medical Association Advocacy Resource Center (ARC) is dedicated to working directly with national, state and specialty medical societies to enact state laws and regulations that protect patients and support physicians—and fight back against those that do not.

See the highlights of AMA collaborative efforts, and their impact on physicians and patients, in the 2025 AMA State Advocacy Impact Report.

View the report (PDF).

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