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AMA names new senior vice president of advocacy

AMA announced Todd Askew as Senior Vice President of Advocacy to oversee legislative, government affairs, political, health policy and advocacy activities.

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AMA condemns effort to remove patient nondiscrimination protections

AMA speaks out against the Trump administration’s proposal to remove anti-discrimination protections across a variety of programs and insurance plans.

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AMA: surprise billing legislation will hold patients harmless

The AMA said today that insurers are muddying waters over the impact of surprise billing legislation approved recently by the EC Committee.

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AMA calls on DHS to address conditions at border facilities

AMA calls on DHS and CBP to address conditions at the southern border, which are inappropriate for the care and treatment of children and pregnant women.

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AMA: Leading medical organizations fight for transgender Americans

The AMA and 15 national health care organizations filed a joint brief urging SCOTUS to rule to protect transgender individuals from employment discrimination.

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AMA lawsuit to protect patient-physician relationship in North Dakota

AMA filed a lawsuit today challenging constitutionality of ND laws that compel physicians to provide misleading reproductive health information.

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AMA: Senate HELP Bill on surprise billing fails to fix a broken system

AMA and 120 medical organizations agree that when patients cannot select in-network physicians they should be protected from being charged above in-network rates.

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AMA policy advocates to eliminate non-medical vaccine exemptions

The AMA adopted policy to actively advocate for legislation, and policies that incentivize states to eliminate non-medical exemptions from immunizations.

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