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AMA: New Jersey shows leadership to help end opioid epidemic

The AMA commended NJ Gov. Murphy and state Human Services Commissioner Johnson for helping end barriers to treatment for patients with opioid use disorder.

Press Releases
U.S. Supreme Court building
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Supreme Court looks to AMA for guidance in big health care cases

The AMA’s input has helped shape rulings on everything from alcoholism and transgender rights to medical privacy and the Affordable Care Act.

Judicial Advocacy
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March 21, 2019: State Advocacy Update

NCOIL & drug price transparency and rural Missouri pain & addiction treatment in the latest AMA state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
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March 7, 2019: State Advocacy Update

State medical societies work to remove prior authorization for MAT, Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner's naloxone bulletin and more in AMA's state advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 22, 2019: National Advocacy Update

HHS proposed rule on drug rebates, the House and gun violence and more in the latest from AMA national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 22, 2019: State Advocacy Update

New York governor proposes removing prior authorization for MAT and California AG calls to help substance use disorders in the latest AMA state and local efforts to advocate for health care.

Advocacy Update
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AMA and CMA praise Atty. Gen. Becerra for supporting MAT

American Medical Association, California Medical Association praise California attorney general call for helping patients struggling with substance use disorder.

Press Releases
Brett P. Giroir, MD, at the 2019 AMA National Advocacy Conference
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HHS official: Better pain treatment a key to ending opioid crisis

HHS official says two keys to ending the opioid epidemic are finding better ways to treat pain and moving from a crisis framework to a sustainable system.

Behavioral Health
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Life-saving treatment bill advanced in state hit hard by opioid epidemic

Kentucky becomes latest state taking action to remove “senseless” insurance company barriers to opioid-use disorder treatment.

Behavioral Health