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These 4 big names are the largest PBMs in the U.S.

Four PBMs have two-thirds of the market, says new AMA report. More transparency, accountability are needed.

Access to Care
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PBM markets are at risk of harming patients

New AMA analysis details low PBM competition, high vertical integration with insurers.

Press Releases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of July 7, 2025

In the news: Measles at highest levels since being declared eradicated, U.S. children increasingly unhealthy, the hazards of vaping and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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Getting rid of barriers to lifesaving substance-use care

It’s possible to get lifesaving medications into patients’ hands within a day. A bipartisan Senate bill would try Washington state model nationwide.

Behavioral Health
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of June 16, 2025

In the news: New COVID NB.1.8.1 variant spreading in U.S., 1 in 7 adults who smoke likely to have disability, data links cannabis and cardiovascular risk and more. 

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Health care costs & value: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health care costs and promote value in health care spending.

Medical Service
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Health insurance: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health insurer actions that interfere with the patient/physician relationship and impact the practice of medicine. Such topics include prior authorization, covered benefits, and affordability of health insurance.

Medical Service
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State advocacy

Download an Advocacy Resource Center brochure PDF to learn how the AMA is relentlessly working to advance important state legislative issues that protect patients and physicians.

State Advocacy
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of June 2, 2025

In the news: Exercise improves colon cancer survival rates, cannabis health risks rise with age, napping may increase mortality risk and more.

Publications & Newsletters