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Litigation Center cases

View cases where the Litigation Center is providing assistance.

Judicial Advocacy
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High court shouldn’t impede efforts to diversify medical schools

The AMA, AAMC and many other organizations urge the Supreme Court to keep allowing consideration of race, ethnicity in medical school admissions.

Medical School Diversity
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5 MIN READ

Everyone deserves quality medical care delivered without bias

The mental health of transgender young people, already at risk from the pandemic, is threatened further by state laws that enable discrimination.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA to court: Race, ethnicity helps gauge COVID-19 severity risk

Inequities lead to worse COVID-19 outcomes. Learn why physicians should be able to account for that in prescribing decisions.

Health Equity
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4 MIN READ

Experience is not enough to make expert witness opinion reliable

Letting experts testify based solely on their experience or knowledge will lead to junk science in the courtroom, AMA tells Michigan Supreme Court.

Sustainability
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How the AMA fights to keep politics out of the exam room

On vaccines, reproductive health and more, lawmakers intrude on the patient-doctor relationship. The AMA fights such encroachment in the courts.

Judicial Advocacy
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Recognize CDC’s expertise in protecting public from COVID-19

Physicians tell federal appellate court the CDC has the authority and knowledge to protect the public’s health during ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Public Health
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Supreme Court strikes down New York’s reasonable concealed-carry law

The U.S. Supreme Court’s harmful and disturbing 6–3 decision will frustrate appropriate responses to the public health crisis of firearms violence.

Public Health
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Cancer killed Kathleen Valentini, but prior auth shares the blame

Third-party administrator boasted making “appropriate decisions on patients’ behalf,” but their delays meant suboptimal cancer treatment. Learn more.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians