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For a physician to be liable, jury must always find factual cause

A Pennsylvania case is threatening the well-established norm that factual cause is never optional. Discover how the AMA Litigation Center responded.

Judicial Advocacy
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Indiana’s COVID-19 liability immunity statute survives court test

Physicians detailed for state appeals court the kind of limitations care teams faced during the COVID-19 pandemic’s early days.

Judicial Advocacy
AMA in Action: Protecting reproductive health
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Advocacy in action: Protecting reproductive health

Ending Roe v. Wade puts government in the exam room, endangers lives and criminalizes care. The AMA stands for comprehensive reproductive health care.

Federal Advocacy
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Proper mental health care requires qualified immunity protections

Learn how the AMA is fighting to protect a Pennsylvania law that balances patient safety and mental health treatment availability.

Judicial Advocacy
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Physicians can’t proceed with Cigna class action, but patients can

The AMA fought for physicians in court, challenging Cigna’s underpayment scheme, but a federal judge rules only patients’ legal action can move ahead.

Judicial Advocacy
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Don’t turn back clock on peer-review confidentiality

 In New Jersey cases, appellate court should move to protect process that is essential to improving patient safety and health care quality. Learn more.

Judicial Advocacy
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Appeals court should uphold decision on No Surprises Act rule

The lower court got it right in ruling that No Surprises Act rule wrongly let insurers calculate physician payments well below market rates. Learn more.

Judicial Advocacy
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Why high court shouldn’t interfere with FDA’s science-based decisions

Mifepristone saves lives and is as safe as ibuprofen. The AMA and other medical associations urge the Supreme Court to respect FDA expertise, authority.

Judicial Advocacy
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Why feds had compelling interest to act on vaccine disinformation

Physician organizations tell U.S. Supreme Court that the government had a compelling reason to act on COVID-19 vaccine disinformation: Saving lives.

Judicial Advocacy