Topic in Focus: Prescription Drug Pricing

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Aug. 8, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Action on gun violence, surprise billing and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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July 25, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Surprise billing proposal and other legislation, DTC drug price disclosure and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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These are 2019’s most influential clinical executives

A leading health care trade publication has released its list of top 50 clinical executives. Twenty-one share a common trait: AMA membership.

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Photo of AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, giving her inauguration speech at the 2019 HOD Annual Meeting,
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New AMA president: Time for physicians to create history together

In ascending to one of medicine’s highest offices, new AMA president Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, has completed an unlikely journey.

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AMA members address HOD during 2019 Annual Meeting
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Time to scrutinize PBMs’ outsized role in Rx decision-making

The AMA calls for transparency and oversight of pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBM) operations.

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May 31, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Surprise billing proposals in Congress, Part D and Medicare Advantage drug pricing and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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May 18, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Federal Pain Task Force, prices in drug ads and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

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AMA to Congress: Patients pay painful price for high drug costs

AMA leader tells of a patient who relies on an older drug that rose in price by 400% to about $80,000 a year. Share your stories to advance drug-pricing transparency.

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AMA: Trump administration requiring pricing information in TV drug ads

The Trump Administration has taken a step in the right direction requiring pricing information in television advertising of prescription drugs.

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