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Coverage for preexisting conditions must be made permanent

The Supreme Court hears ACA case to determine the fate of protections for people with preexisting conditions. These protections must stay.

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AMA leaders on policy making during the coronavirus pandemic

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing policy making during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Q&A: Adversity drives medical student’s congressional advocacy

Having experienced homelessness as a teenager, medical student Reilly Bealer aspires to address health care inequities through her position with the AMA.

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David O. Barbe, MD, former AMA president, to lead the World Medical Association

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the appointment of David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, newly inaugurated president of the World Medical Association (WMA).

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David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, presidential inauguration speech to WMA

View the Presidential Inaugural Address from the David O. Barbe, MD, MHA.

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The assault on physicians and science must end

We will not allow political intimidation and fear-driven rhetoric to undermine the hard-won patient trust so critical to beating COVID-19.

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We must be able to trust the FDA vaccine approval process

Confidence in the regulatory review of a COVID-19 vaccine are critically important to broad uptake of the vaccine by the public.

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Why we are acting to protect free and open communication with patients

Learn why the AMA is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to stop a regulation that clearly violates core tenets of medical ethics.

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Despite advances, gender disparities persist in medicine

During Women in Medicine Month, we measure how far we have traveled toward gender equality in medicine—and yet how distant that destination remains.

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