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March 9, 2017: State Advocacy Update

In the latest state and local advocacy efforts, AMA provides comments on CMS proposed rule on market stabilization.

Advocacy Update
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Rumblings of possible Anthem-DOJ settlement are cause for “alarm”

The AMA urges the U.S. Justice Department to reject any settlement offers that would allow Anthem-Cigna merger.

Access to Care
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March 9, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Stronger network-adequacy & fewer prior-auth demands, flexibility in EHR adoption and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Closeup of Capitol Hill
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Physicians reject House ACA replacement bill

The current version of the American Health Care Act could take away health insurance coverage from millions. The AMA cannot support it.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA says American Health Care Act is critically flawed

The AMA points to reductions in insurance coverage and potential harm to vulnerable patient populations in the current draft of the AHCA

Press Releases
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Health reform: Industry experts talk funding, market uncertainty

A discussion with experts on what is ahead for health care reform and how medicine will address the needs of patients in an uncertain future.

Access to Care
Physician examines millenial patient.
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Health reform: No going back on key market protections

Access to insurance coverage should be safeguarded for people with pre-existing conditions and young adults as part of any plan to remake the U.S. health system.

Access to Care
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden
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Bipartisanship sought to forge lasting health policy solutions

Capitol Hill lawmakers tout the importance of patient advocacy and bipartisanship on big issues such as health coverage for millions of Americans.

Access to Care
AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD
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As physicians, we must speak up for our patients

Speaking to physicians in Washington, D.C., AMA President Andrew W. Gurman expressed the role of physicians in the thick of the national health reform debate.

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