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What you need to know about the Title X Rule

On March 5, 2019, the AMA filed a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s rule that would decimate the Title X program and limit the medical advice physicians can give their Title X patients.

Judicial Advocacy
Scales of justice and gavel on a desk
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Court must reconsider medical examiner’s ask for lawsuit immunity

Initially, a Texas court wouldn’t excuse a physician from a civil rights violation lawsuit. Here’s why a federal appeals court told the lower court to reassess.

Judicial Advocacy
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Feb. 22, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Idaho Supreme Court rules that Medicaid expansion is legal in the latest AMA Judicial Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson
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Physicians united to push firearm background checks bill 

Legislation reflecting AMA policy on background checks for firearm purchases is likely to pass the U.S. House, but may face a tough test in the Senate. 

Injury & Violence
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Feb. 7, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on Illegal firearm sales are public health emergency

Illegal firearm sales are public health emergency. AMA and Wisconsin Medical Society file an amicus brief in WI.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 7, 2019: State Advocacy Update

Kentucky bill would remove prior authorization for MAT, advocacy priorities in Louisiana and more in AMA's latest state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Left to right: AMA President-elect Patrice A. Harris, MD, and Modena Wilson, MD, AMA chief health and science officer emerita.
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Health equity commitment being embedded in DNA of AMA’s work

Health equity means “optimal health for all,” says the AMA, which is undertaking a sustained effort to achieve that goal.

Health Equity
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Jan. 24, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Read about the AMA's statement to U.S. Supreme Court on the Medicare statute that requires notice-and-comment rulemaking before rule changes.

Advocacy Update
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Online gun bazaar can’t dodge accountability

In a brief to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, AMA and WMS assert owners of online firearms marketplace, Armslist, can’t escape liability firearm violence harm.

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