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Consumer-driven health care: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their health care by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.

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Drug coverage & spending: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address high and escalating prescription drug prices and costs, including promoting transparency and pharmaceutical market competition, combating anti-competitive practices, and outlining criteria for value-based pricing and prescription drug importation.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Oct. 27, 2025

In the news: Stillbirths more common in U.S. than previously reported, GLP-1s show promise in treating substance use disorders and more. 

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Oct. 31, 2025: National Advocacy Update

FDA issues new guidance aimed at speeding biosimilar time to market and lower costs, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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Public health: CSAPH reports

Download PDFs of reports on this topic for the Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH) presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.

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AMA Advocacy issue briefs

Download PDFs of issue briefs that summarize key health policy issues by providing concise and digestible content for both relevant stakeholders and those who may know little about the topic.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Sept. 15, 2025

In the news: FDA responds to misleading drug ads, 1 in 6 parents say they skipped or delayed vaccinating children, chagas disease may be endemic in U.S. and more.

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Spending on GLP-1s has grown dramatically. Here are the details.

Effective GLP-1s marketed under brand names such as Ozempic and Mounjaro have grown popular. That has translated into big dollar figures. 

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Delivery reform: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that advocate policies on emerging delivery systems that protect and foster the patient/physician relationship. Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics.

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