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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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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
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Competition in commercial health insurance decreases since 2014

AMA study finds limited options as more health insurance markets are highly concentrated

Press Releases
EMS bringing patient in on a stretcher
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How to fix surprise billing without impeding access to care

Everyone agrees patients should be kept out of the middle of billing disputes. These other policy fixes will help ensure that patients can get care when they need it.

Access to Care
Hands in prayer
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A patient asks to pray with you: How to respond

It's not uncommon for patients to ask a doctor to pray with them. Here's what you need to know to give a compassionate response.

Ethics
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A majority of physicians now take part in an ACO

In less than a decade, accountable care organization participation has become more common. Find out which physicians and practice types are more likely to join ACOs.

Payment & Delivery Models
Lady Justice
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Court blocks law that would force physicians to mislead patients

A federal district court sides with the AMA and issues a preliminary injunction to block a state law that would undermine open, honest patient-physician conversations.

Judicial Advocacy
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AMA on court ruling in North Dakota lawsuit challenging H.B. 1336

AMA pleased that federal district court of North Dakota has blocked enforcement of compelled speech law.

Press Releases
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Sept. 6, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Marijuana use during pregnancy and adolescence, LGBTQ protections and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Scales of justice
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How CVS-Aetna case puts regulators on notice

The $69 billion deal was ultimately OK’d, but not before unprecedented legal scrutiny. Courts will no longer serve as a rubber stamp for megamergers.

Access to Care