Man leans in front of barn
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Medicare pay cuts: What they mean for rural America

Patients in rural areas are already at higher risk for poor health outcomes. Squeezing the physician practices that care for them is not the answer.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Bustling hospital corridor
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Medicare pay cuts: How they endanger physician practices

Physician practices are businesses too. Lower pay over two decades increasingly leaves no option other than cut back staff and—in some cases—close.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
Fix Medicare now
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4 Min Read

Spending proposal means devastating 5th year of Medicare pay cuts

Congress is on the verge of abandoning patients and physicians by adopting a short-term funding deal that fails to address broken Medicare pay system.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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Congress abandons Medicare patients and their physicians

Congress’s new spending package locks in a devastating fifth consecutive year of Medicare cuts, jeopardizing access to care for 66 million Medicare patients.

Press Releases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of March 3, 2025

In the news: Mortality rates among health care workers, EHR working time for physicians, MedPAC’s move toward Medicare pay reform and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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March 7, 2025: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

GOP Doc Caucus endorses H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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AMA welcomes MedPAC’s move toward Medicare reform

Commissioners discuss indefinitely linking payment updates for physician practices to the growth in the cost of providing care.

Press Releases
Empty, dimly lit examination room
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Medicare pay cuts: How they threaten patients’ access to care

Whether they live in big cities or small towns, are young or old, patients are losing access to physicians. Congress must fix Medicare now.

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Medicare & Medicaid
Fighting for Physicians
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2 Min Read

Momentum building to stop the Medicare cut

The House GOP Doc Caucus endorsed a bill to block the payment cuts and add an update.

Press Releases