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For health AI to work, physicians and patients have to trust it

AI and AI-enabled tools are too important and revolutionary to leave questions about liability and governance unsettled.

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Improving health in rural areas is within our collective reach

The death rate in rural America is 20% higher than in urban centers. The AMA is pursuing policies that can reduce rural health inequities nationwide.

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Permanently expanding telehealth access will improve public health

Telehealth continues to provide immense benefits. Congress should act on a long-term fix to enable widespread access to this vital mode of care.

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Intrusions into medicine jeopardize patients and public health

Our nation cannot allow political, judicial or ideological interference that compromises patient access to safe, evidence-based medical care.

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On medical school graduation day, believing anything is possible

Work with your health care teammates, be ready to ask for help, and do your part to reimagine medicine. And when mom calls, take time to chat.

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Change Healthcare hack shows need for more competition

The Change Healthcare cyberattack highlights the perils of consolidation and its potential for harm to our entire health care system.

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Idaho abortion law undermines core medical ethics

Physicians, not politicians, should determine at what point abortion is the stabilizing care required to avoid grave harm to a pregnant patient.

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Combating vaccine misinformation saves lives

Federal health officials have a compelling interest to counteract medical misinformation spread through social media and other means.

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Reducing access to mifepristone would harm patients

Scientific evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates mifepristone’s safety. Reimposing limits on its use will harm patients and undermine the nation’s longstanding drug-approval system.

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