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What legal challenges will affect patients and physicians in 2020?

From keeping the government out of exam rooms to keeping patients insured, see the legal trends the AMA and the AMA Litigation Center have identified.

Judicial Advocacy
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Efforts to improve ACA implementation

Stay informed about the AMA’s initiatives to improve the ACA implementation and to advocate for the interests of physicians and patients.

Access to Care
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Improving the health insurance marketplace

Download relevant PDFs of council reports and policy briefs that form the basis of AMA advocacy for health insurance market reforms to benefit patients and physicians.

Access to Care
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 6, 2020

In the news: Bad flu season, SCOTUS on ACA appeal, little to link baby powder and cancer, cancer mortality declines, insurance cause of late breast cancer finding.

Publications & Newsletters
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JAMA editors name the journal’s best articles of the decade

High blood pressure, septic shock, learning algorithms, and waste in the U.S. health system top the decade’s reading list from JAMA’s editors.

Publications & Newsletters
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Dec. 20, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Latest ACA ruling, CDC and NIH gun violence research funding and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Gavel
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Latest ACA ruling: What it means now for doctors, patients

Appellate decision on individual mandate constitutionality has little immediate effect. Patients with preexisting protections are still protected and insurance sign-ups continue unaffected.

Judicial Advocacy
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AMA statement on Texas v. United States

Federal appeals court says ACA mandate is unconstitutional, but remaining provisions survive.

Press Releases
AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, at the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting
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AMA president: Physicians have an obligation to be leaders

When there are situations that affect the health and well-being of our patients, we have an obligation to lead, says AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA.

Population Health