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AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians-Advocacy
AMA advocacy efforts: Population care and health disparities
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Health insurance market concentration grows deeper: AMA report

Several dominant carriers have driven away competition, leaving consumers with limited choices for health insurance coverage. 

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The AMA helps physicians build a better future for medicine, advocating in the courts and on the Hill to remove obstacles to patient care and confront today’s greatest health crises.

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Delivery reform: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that advocate policies on emerging delivery systems that protect and foster the patient/physician relationship. Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics.

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Health care coverage & choice: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies establishing the AMA vision for health system reform to cover the uninsured and expand health insurance coverage and choice.

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Health care costs & value: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health care costs and promote value in health care spending.

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Working together to advance a robust public health infrastructure

The challenge for us—physicians, scientists, and leaders in medicine—is to remain grounded in our principles.

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Nov. 15, 2024: State Advocacy Update

Removing stigma part of Northwest Permanente strategy to improving physicians' health and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Supreme Court must act to keep preventive services cost-free

The AMA joins dozens of groups urging high court to hear a case that threatens to undo a part of the ACA that has saved lives and cut costs.

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Federal government must simplify Medicare sign-up

Delegates urge a Medicare sign-up that would be easier so seniors would not face costly lifetime penalties

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AMA advocacy efforts

The AMA advocates at the federal and state levels on key health care issues impacting patients and physicians. Download the PDF updates of the AMA's impact. 

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