Patient Support & Advocacy
The decision halts effort to expand association health plans, protecting patients from skimpy coverage and discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions.
Patient Advocacy
The AMA, joined by several other physician organizations, opposed a court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act and the patient protections that would go with it.
A judge blocks two states’ Medicaid work requirements, citing in one case an AMA brief noting the destructive effects of coverage gaps.
Press Releases
In defense of coverage gains and patient protections of the ACA, the AMA and other leading physician groups filed an amicus brief in the case of Texas v. U.S.
If the courts side with the Justice Department, millions who rely on Medicaid expansion and the individual insurance market could lose their coverage.
AMA Statements
The AMA commends House leadership on efforts to strengthen the ACA. The task now is to build on what has been shown to work and to make improvement as needed.
The Idaho Medical Association joined with two patients and a physician to ask their state high court to uphold voters’ will to widen Medicaid’s reach.
Leadership
Medicare for All model would be unsustainable and disrupt the employer-sponsored health coverage that most Americans have and are satisfied with.
Population Care
Review issue briefs and talking point that focus on topics impacting the LGBTQ community, including conversion therapy, gender-affirming care and access to public utilities.
See how the changes would cut off Medicaid benefits for some employed enrollees, worsen patients’ health outcomes and hurt insured patients, too.
