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The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

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This is how generic drugs get their names

There’s a formula behind those funny names. Foremost, it’s meant to eliminate confusion and improve patient safety.

United States Adopted Names
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Governor’s move promotes anesthesia patient safety

Allowing nurse anesthetists to practice without physician supervision is not in patients’ best interests or consistent with state law, Mississippi’s governor says.

AMA Policies
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CVS-Aetna merger

The AMA aims to protect patients and physicians by actively opposing anticompetitive health insurer mergers.

Access to Care
10 states with largest decrease in competition levels
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10 states where health insurance competition has fallen the most

These states are part of a trend that increasingly puts patients and physicians at a disadvantage with large health plans.

Access to Care
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More new moms are dying in U.S. Here’s how to arrest the trend.

U.S. maternal death rates are rising. The AMA’s president tells Congress about concrete actions that can change course for the better.

Population Health
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Sept. 20, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on 10 states with the least competitive health insurance markets

The AMA has released a new study of competition in health insurance markets. Learn about the 10 states with the least competitive health insurance markets.

Advocacy Update
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Sept. 20, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about AMA's testimony for the appeals of Title X gag rule and involvement in a lawsuit that would force physicians to mislead patients.

Advocacy Update
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Title X gag rule: What’s on the line in upcoming oral arguments

The AMA will argue its case before a federal appeals court, defending doctors’ freedom of speech and the patient-physician relationship.

Judicial Advocacy
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10 states with the least competitive health insurance markets

Find out if your state is on this top 10 list—one where patients and physicians definitely don’t want it to be.

Access to Care