Richard Deem, the AMA’s senior vice president for advocacy
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5 ways the midterms shook up the U.S. health care agenda for 2019

Prescription-drug pricing, gun violence and ACA-stabilization efforts are among the issues that could see new life next year.

Access to Care
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AMA president outlines efforts to attack dysfunction in health care

Dr. McAneny also issues urgent calls for physician leadership to help reduce gun violence in America, end harassment in medicine

Press Releases
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Stronger background-check system needed for gun purchases

States should require relevant mental health records be reported to national database, the AMA says.

Injury & Violence
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AMA adopts policy to bolster firearm background checks

AMA calls on states to strengthen their reporting of mental health records to NICS to help prevent firearm injuries and deaths.

Press Releases
Barbara L. McAneny, MD at 2018 AMA Interim Meeting
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AMA president: Create system that values health over money, power

AMA President Barbara L. McAneny, MD, says the AMA is fighting the forces that make the U.S. health system so dysfunctional.

Interim Meeting
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AMA policy supporting survivors of LGBTQ intimate partner violence

The policy calls for physician awareness of IPV among LGBTQ patients, and funding for programs and services for survivors that do not discriminate against communities.

Press Releases
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Top 5 issues to watch at the 2018 AMA Interim Meeting

Track the big issues that physicians, residents and medical students will consider at their meeting Nov. 8–13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

Interim Meeting
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Sept. 6, 2018: National Advocacy Update

EHR quality metrics, federal background checks for firearms and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Members Move Medicine: Pursuing prevention despite the obstacles

AMA member Megan Ranney, MD, is an emergency physician and researcher who is focusing on the intersection between digital health and violence prevention.

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Members Move Medicine