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Delegates sitting in a circle with their laptops at the AMA Annual Meeting
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How is GME funding being spent? The AMA calls for answers

HHS should collect data on how graduate medical education programs are meeting the country’s physician workforce needs.

GME Funding
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AMA to fund graduate medical education, address physician shortages

The AMA adopted policy at its Annual Meeting today to build upon its efforts aimed at modernizing and increasing funding for GME.

Press Releases
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May 3, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Support for GME, misapplication of opioid prescribing guidelines and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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5 ways to improve access to health care

Uninsured patients live sicker and die younger, but insurance coverage alone doesn’t guarantee access. Learn how to reduce major barriers to health care access.

Access to Care
A group of AMA delegates review something in front of a laptop.
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AMA seeks more GME slots to match future workforce needs

The House of Delegates adopted new policy that aims to help increase the number of graduate training positions available to medical school graduates.

GME Funding
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AMA builds on efforts to expand funding for graduate medical education

AMA adopted policy reaffirming the need for more medical residency slots to ensure that patients have access to an adequate physician workforce.

Press Releases
Dr. Hilary Fairbrother, adult and pediatric emergency physician in Houston.
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Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD: Change starts with education

AMA member Hilary E. Fairbrother, MD, is a young emergency physician who has helped spearhead advocacy on physician shortages and public health.

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State capitol building.
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Proof of physicians’ economic impact sways policy at state level

When state medical societies such as the Idaho Medical Association do their advocacy work, they enter with numbers detailing how physicians boost the local economy.

Research
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Jan. 25, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Waivers on Medicaid work requirement, protections for conscience rights and religious freedom and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update