Membership brings great benefits

AMA membership offers unique access to savings and resources tailored to enrich the personal and professional lives of physicians, residents and medical students.

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Physicians must be empowered to put patients first: AMA president Jack Resneck Jr., MD

Obstacles to care emerge from prior auth, Medicare cuts and politicized exam rooms. President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, details how AMA has doctors’ backs.

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Leadership
Moving Medicine Podcast
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7 MIN READ

AMA advocates to prevent gun violence and to increase gun safety

The AMA House of Delegates declared gun-related violence a public health crisis in 2016 and has continued to push for policy to prevent gun violence.

Public Health
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5 MIN READ

Eliminating racial bias in medicine is an obligation we all share

Action is needed now to ensure that pulse oximetry devices convey accurate and reliable results in all patients, regardless of skin pigmentation.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Recent mass shootings create new urgency for gun reform

We cannot allow mass shootings to become an acceptable part of American life, but instead must pass commonsense limits on firearms.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA in the News: November 2022

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for November 2022.

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AMA in the News
AMA in the News
Delegates at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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32 MIN READ

Highlights from the 2022 AMA Interim Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments from the AMA House of Delegates’ meeting, which ran Nov. 12–15.

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AMA adopts new policies during second day at Interim Meeting

The AMA gathered physician and medical student leaders at its Interim Meeting to shape guiding policies on emerging health care topics.

Press Releases
Jack Resneck Jr., MD, at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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Physicians must be empowered to put patients first: AMA president

Obstacles to care emerge from prior auth, Medicare cuts and politicized exam rooms. President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, details how AMA has doctors’ backs.

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 James L. Madara, MD, at the 2022 Interim Meeting
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AMA CEO: Focused plan has produced 10 years of results

A decade-long strategic effort has helped reshape medicine for the 21st century, says AMA Executive Vice President and CEO James L. Madara, MD.

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