AMA in the News: July 2025

AMA in the News covers media coverage and mentions about the American Medical Association. Find articles recognizing our efforts in health care, advocacy, medical education and improvements in public health. Read coverage on the achievements of our leadership and the members of the AMA community.

1. PBM markets lack competition, new paper finds

   1. Healthcare Dive, July 31, 2025
   2. On average, local PBM markets are highly concentrated across services like rebate negotiation, retail network management and claims adjudication, according to the study from the American Medical Association. And nationally, 77% of people in prescription drug plans are covered by an insurer that’s vertically integrated with a PBM.

2. Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, AMA President, appeals for health care reform, equity

   1. India West, July 31, 2025
   2. Mukkamala made history as the first Indian American to be elected President of the AMA in its 178-year existence. He assumed the role just months after undergoing surgery to remove an 8-cm brain tumor.

3. AI holds great promise for health care, and Trump’s action plan is a good first step

   1. The Hill, July 31, 2025
   2. At the American Medical Association, we also believe in the importance of a broad, well-coordinated federal regulatory approach to AI design and integration, and the commitment to upskilling the clinician workforce. However, to ensure AI in health care reaches its full potential, strong physician representation must be present at every stage.

4. Why is RFK Jr. eliminating all the medical experts who can keep us healthy?

   1. MSNBC, July 30, 2025
   2. Major medical organizations from the American Medical Association to the American Academy of Pediatrics have condemned his dismantling of expert panels.

5. AMA President Bobby Mukkamala on improving health care and surviving brain cancer

   1. Healthgrades, July 30, 2025
   2. “Being the AMA President is an amazing opportunity to improve healthcare. I think that what we spend on healthcare compared to what we get for that investment is a big gap,” said Mukkamala. “I am excited for the opportunity to improve the quality of health in our country, which lags behind many other countries that spend much less.” 

6. RFK Jr.'s plans for preventive health panel spark "deep concerns" from American Medical Association

   1. CBS News, July 29, 2025
   2. The American Medical Association is expressing "deep concern" after a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy may be planning to remove all members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

7. Medical group urges Kennedy not to fire U.S. care task force

   1. Reuters, July 29, 2025
   2. "USPSTF members play in weighing the benefits and harms of preventive services such as screenings, behavioral counseling, and preventive medications, and making evidence-based recommendations for implementation in primary care settings," the AMA letter said."We urge you to keep the previously appointed USPSTF members and continue the task force's regular meeting schedule to ensure recommendations are put forth, updated, and disseminated without delay," it said.

8. RFK Jr. reportedly eyeing overhaul of cancer screening task force

   1. News Nation, July 28, 2025
   2. The AMA said the panel plays a “critical, nonpartisan role in guiding physicians’ efforts to prevent disease and improve the health of patients.”

9. AMA president warns against preventive services task force cuts

   1. PBS, July 28, 2025
   2. While the HHS sent us a statement saying no final decision has been made, the American Medical Association wasted little time expressing its concern, sending a letter to the health secretary over the weekend. For more, we're joined now by Bobby Mukkamala, MD. He is a surgeon and the president of the AMA.

10. Top medical group presses RFK Jr. to keep health screening panel

    1. The Hill, July 28, 2025
    2. The American Medical Association (AMA) wrote to Kennedy on Sunday to express its “deep concern” over reporting that Kennedy is planning to dismiss all members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

11. Medical groups are concerned that RFK Jr. may dismiss a panel of primary care experts

    1. NPR, July 28, 2025
    2. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may soon dismiss the members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an advisory panel of primary care experts, raising "deep concern" from the American Medical Association and other top medical groups.

12. AMA pushes back as RFK Jr. reportedly plans to fire members of preventive care panel

    1. STAT, July 28, 2025
    2. In a Sunday letter to Kennedy, the American Medical Association wrote that the task force plays a “critical, non-partisan role in guiding physicians’ efforts to prevent disease and improve the health of patients by helping to ensure access to evidence-based clinical preventive services.” (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

13. AMA CEO: Physician-led management, bias prevention necessary to integrate AI into health care

    1. Inside Health Policy, July 25, 2025
    2. American Medical Association’s new CEO John Whyte, MD, MPH, said maintaining physician management of artificial intelligence-powered health devices and acknowledging potential bias within these systems is crucial for patient safety, coming as the Trump administration calls for increasing integration of emerging technologies into health care and erasing efforts to build diversity, equity and inclusion data into AI technology. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

14. AMA President: Health care cuts have left us with few options

    1. Medpage Today, July 17, 2025
    2. The American Medical Association (AMA), which urged Congress to maintain Medicaid funding levels throughout the reconciliation process, will continue to advocate for expanding access to care by improving, not reducing, essential federally subsidized insurance programs, including Medicaid and CHIP. (Free registration is required to view content.)

15. Kennedy Cancels Meeting of Key Preventive Health Panel

    1. New York Times, July 10, 2025
    2. Bobby Mukkamala, MD, president of the American Medical Association, said that the task force enjoyed widespread support among doctors in the United States and that any effort to politicize the panel could have lasting effects on public health. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

16. AMA CEO: Wearable blood pressure devices would be cardiovascular ‘game changer’

    1. Inside Health Policy, July 8, 2025
    2. American Medical Association’s new CEO John Whyte, MD, MPH, on Tuesday, July 8 called for “supercharging” development of wearable devices that continuously track blood pressure, singling that out as a game changer for cardiovascular disease prevention as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighs the role of wearable devices in his chronic disease prevention campaign.(Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

17. Industry slams passage of tax bill with $1T in health care cuts

    1. Modern Healthcare, July 1, 2025
    2. “This bill moves us in the wrong direction. It will make it harder to access care and make patients sicker. It will make it more likely that acute, treatable illnesses will turn into life-threatening or costly chronic conditions. That is disappointing, maddening and unacceptable.” – Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, president. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)