Advocacy Update

June 20, 2025: Advocacy Update spotlight on 2025 AMA Annual Meeting

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The House of Medicine concluded its 2025 AMA Annual Meeting last week, where hundreds of physician and medical student delegates debated and set policy for the organization. For a full listing of the proceedings, visit the AMA website

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One thing became clear: protecting patients, ensuring a robust public health infrastructure, and continuing to advocate on crucial issues in health care are, and always will be, a foundational part of the AMA. As Bobby Mukkamala, MD, AMA President, said in his inauguration speech, “I’m afraid it only gets worse from here if we cannot press Congress and policymakers to address the most egregious failures of our current system and put health care back on solid ground. This won’t happen by accident...It only happens because physicians, in great numbers, stand up and demand that it happens. That is the work of the AMA.” 

Delegates adopted new policies on the following (among others): 

After the conclusion of the meeting, the AMA sent a letter (PDF) to Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, urging, “An inquiry as to the circumstances surrounding the decision to remove and replace all sitting members of ACIP.” In addition, the AMA and nearly 100 state medical associations and national medical specialty societies sent a sign-on letter (PDF) to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., expressing deep concern over the recent termination of 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. 

The AMA will be sending a letter soon detailing concerns raised by the potential restructuring of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Institutes and Centers and regarding the proposed funding cuts for FY 2026. The letter will also highlight significant concern regarding NIH’s halts on previously awarded grant funding. 

Additional meeting highlights include: 

The AMA Advocacy Impact Report further details efforts on the key topics driving health care reform. 

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