Membership brings great benefits

AMA membership offers unique access to savings and resources tailored to enrich the personal and professional lives of physicians, residents and medical students.

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Women in medicine are trailblazers, advocates and leaders

Despite the inequities we face, women continue to excel at every level of medicine and account for half of all U.S. medical school graduates.

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AMA names new senior vice president of advocacy

AMA announced Todd Askew as Senior Vice President of Advocacy to oversee legislative, government affairs, political, health policy and advocacy activities.

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Health reform: How to improve U.S. health care in 2020 and beyond

Health insurance should cost less and work better for those who already have it, and should be much easier to obtain for those who don’t.

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How AMA follows science to be powerful voice on today’s top issues

 AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, explains how action on gun violence, climate change and other critical topics flows from physicians’ commitment to the evidence.

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These are 2019’s most influential clinical executives

A leading health care trade publication has released its list of top 50 clinical executives. Twenty-one share a common trait: AMA membership.

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AMA CEO and Executive Vice President James L. Madara, MD durimg 2019 Annual Meeting.
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21st century medicine must tackle health inequity: AMA CEO

James L. Madara, MD, tells the AMA House of Delegates that efforts to reshape medicine won’t succeed unless they put equity front and center.

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Why the AMA is committed to a diverse physician workforce

Texas Tech’s decision to no longer consider race in medical school admissions decisions is a setback to the profession’s efforts on diversity and health equity.

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New AMA anti-harassment policies the right step for the profession

We take a zero-tolerance approach to harassment. Complaints should be independently and promptly investigated according to the highest standards.

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Solution to health plan quandary lies with improved ACA

Medicare for All model would be unsustainable and disrupt the employer-sponsored health coverage that most Americans have and are satisfied with.

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