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AMA advocacy helps score 3 significant wins for patients

Physician advocacy yields action to extend health insurance coverage, remove barriers to appropriate pain care and improve maternal health.

Access to Care
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April 15, 2022: National Advocacy Update

Proposed fix to ACA family glitch follows AMA advocacy and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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AMA welcomes demise of the family glitch

The Biden Administration has made good on its promise to make health care coverage more affordable.

Press Releases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 10, 2022

In the news: Updates on COVID booster doses, Omicron hospitalizations surge, Supreme Court ruling on vaccine mandates and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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Further refinements will cement ACA’s success

The ongoing success of Affordable Care Act can be amplified by correcting a few remaining flaws in this landmark law.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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Dec. 3, 2021: National Advocacy Update

AMA supports strengthening DACA and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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How doctors can help patients with low health literacy

Patient understanding is essential to achieving better health outcomes. Learn more about the physician’s role.

Access to Care
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 15, 2021

In the news: Medicare premiums increase 15%, ACA enrollment, Pfizer COVID-19 drug regimen, U.S. overdose deaths, health care associations on vaccine-or-testing mandate.

Publications & Newsletters
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Over 29 million still uninsured. Here’s how to help cover them.

The American Rescue Plan Act took steps to cover more of the uninsured, but more needs to be done. New AMA policies provide a road map.

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