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Dec. 13, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Choice and competition in health care, new drug pricing rule for Part D drugs and more in AMA's national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Richard Deem, the AMA’s senior vice president for advocacy
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5 ways the midterms shook up the U.S. health care agenda for 2019

Prescription-drug pricing, gun violence and ACA-stabilization efforts are among the issues that could see new life next year.

Access to Care
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AMA president outlines efforts to attack dysfunction in health care

Dr. McAneny also issues urgent calls for physician leadership to help reduce gun violence in America, end harassment in medicine

Press Releases
Two delegates consulting at 2018 AMA Interim Meeting
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AMA: Fix hospital eligibility criteria for drug-discount program

Outpatient charity care should determine 340B program eligibility as part of a revised formula for the federal program, physicians say.

Public Health
Barbara L. McAneny, MD at 2018 AMA Interim Meeting
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AMA president: Create system that values health over money, power

AMA President Barbara L. McAneny, MD, says the AMA is fighting the forces that make the U.S. health system so dysfunctional.

Interim Meeting
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AMA policy on in-person importation of prescription drugs from Canada

Physicians at the Interim Meeting of the AMA adopted policy supporting in-person importation of prescription drugs from licensed Canadian pharmacies.

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Presenting at a panel
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AMA backs in-person import of Canadian Rx if safety is assured

Allowing the practice offers patients an option to lower patient out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs, which addresses a barrier to medication adherence: unaffordability.

Public Health
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Nov. 1, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Trump administration on drug prices, FTC and insulin prices and more in the latest from AMA's national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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AMA statement on president’s plan for prescription drugs

Physicians share their patients’ concerns with the cost of prescription drugs. We appreciate the Trump Administration addressing this important issue.

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