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New IRS rule kills the much-maligned ACA “family glitch”

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Lawsuit could stop 150 million from getting free preventive care

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AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians-Advocacy

AMA advocacy efforts: Population care and health disparities
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Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of Council on Medical Service reports and issue briefs.

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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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Healthcare 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 insurance: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health insurer actions that interfere with the patient/physician relationship and impact the practice of medicine. Such topics include prior authorization, covered benefits, and affordability of health insurance.

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AMA adopts policy calling for exemptions for Medicaid work requirements

The policy urges work requirements to be implemented in a way that protects patients with serious medical needs while minimizing administrative burdens.

Press Releases
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Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Stay up to date on OBBBA implementation and related federal rulemaking with resources from the AMA.

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AMA Advocacy Impact Report

Learn how the AMA is leading national initiatives to build a health system that is more effective, sustainable and centered on patients. Download the PDF updates of the AMA's impact. 

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Shape your state’s hardship exemptions to Medicaid work requirements

It’s up to states to put short-term hardship exemption mechanisms in place. AMA urges Trump administration to avoid narrow definition of “medical frailty.”

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Catch up on Medicaid work requirements’ medical frailty exemption

Patients deemed “medically frail” will be exempt from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s work requirements. Learn more with the AMA.

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March 20, 2026: National Advocacy Update

AMA Board Chair testifies before Congress on health care affordability and patient access, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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