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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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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.

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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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Consumer-driven healthcare: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their healthcare by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.

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Oct. 31, 2025: National Advocacy Update

FDA issues new guidance aimed at speeding biosimilar time to market and lower costs, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act: The impact on physicians and patients

In this Advocacy Insights webinar, learn about the OBBBA implementation.

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Oct. 3, 2025: National Advocacy Update

Annual Medicare open enrollment for 2026 and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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