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Improving the health insurance marketplace

Download relevant PDFs of council reports and policy briefs that form the basis of AMA advocacy for health insurance market reforms to benefit patients and physicians.

Access to Care
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Jan. 6, 2020

In the news: Bad flu season, SCOTUS on ACA appeal, little to link baby powder and cancer, cancer mortality declines, insurance cause of late breast cancer finding.

Publications & Newsletters
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JAMA editors name the journal’s best articles of the decade

High blood pressure, septic shock, learning algorithms, and waste in the U.S. health system top the decade’s reading list from JAMA’s editors.

Publications & Newsletters
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Dec. 20, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Latest ACA ruling, CDC and NIH gun violence research funding and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Latest ACA ruling: What it means now for doctors, patients

Appellate decision on individual mandate constitutionality has little immediate effect. Patients with preexisting protections are still protected and insurance sign-ups continue unaffected.

Judicial Advocacy
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AMA statement on Texas v. United States

Federal appeals court says ACA mandate is unconstitutional, but remaining provisions survive.

Press Releases
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Understanding the Affordable Care Act

See AMA resources for physicians to help their patients get insurance.

Access to Care
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A majority of physicians now take part in an ACO

In less than a decade, accountable care organization participation has become more common. Find out which physicians and practice types are more likely to join ACOs.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Proposal would roll back LGBTQ protections. That’s an awful idea.

The AMA is condemning a proposed rule that would permit discrimination against LGBTQ people, women, immigrants, minorities and other patients.

Population Health