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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: 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.

Council on Medical Service
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AMA Advocacy in Action

Learn from Advocacy in Action about what’s at stake and what the AMA is doing to address the concerns most relevant to patients and physicians.

Federal Advocacy
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Congressional action is needed—now—on Medicare payment reform

Older adults everywhere, and the physicians who care for them, are counting on Congress to prevent yet another round of Medicare payment cuts.

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Leadership Viewpoints
Speaker Lisa Egbert, MD, and Vice Speaker John Armstrong, MD, during opening session of 2023 Interim Meeting of HOD
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Highlights from the 2023 AMA Interim Meeting

Track the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran Nov. 10–14.

Interim Meeting
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AMA advocacy efforts: Population care and health disparities

The AMA advocates at the federal and state levels on key issues in population care and health disparities.

Patient Support & Advocacy
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AMA: CHIP, Medicaid extension will boost children’s health

The AMA applauds the Biden Administration for extending health coverage to children covered by Medicaid and CHIP.

Press Releases
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AMA in the News: September 2023

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for September 2023.

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AMA in the News
AMA in the News
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Sept. 22, 2023: State Advocacy Update

CMS raises concerns over improper household-level Medicaid and CHIP disenrollments and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Improving telemedicine and patient access to care with Alexander Ding, MD, MS, MBA [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about improving telemedicine access.

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AMA Update Podcast