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Court sides with doctor, patient call to uphold Medicaid expansion

The Idaho Medical Association joined with two patients and a physician to ask their state high court to uphold voters’ will to widen Medicaid’s reach.

Judicial Advocacy
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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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Leadership Viewpoints
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Docs tell court Medicaid work requirement would harm patient care

See how the changes would cut off Medicaid benefits for some employed enrollees, worsen patients’ health outcomes and hurt insured patients, too.

Judicial Advocacy
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Feb. 22, 2019: National Advocacy Update

HHS proposed rule on drug rebates, the House and gun violence and more in the latest from AMA national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 24, 2019: National Advocacy Update

The FDA and naloxone access, firearm background checks, and more in AMA's latest national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 10, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Physicians comment on Part B drug payment proposal, Trump Administration's H-1B proposed rule, and more in AMA's national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 10, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Find out why the AMA strongly objects to Trump administration rule that would revive pre-existing condition discrimination and undermine ACA reforms.

Advocacy Update
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Trump rule would revive pre-existing condition discrimination

Allowing association health plans to skirt Affordable Care Act protections will harm patient care, physicians tell federal court in amicus brief.

Judicial Advocacy
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Controversial ACA ruling: 4 things physicians should know

A federal court decision out of Texas again raises the specter of undoing the Affordable Care Act. Here’s what your patients need to understand about the ruling.

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