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Court rejects Trump administration rule as “end-run around” ACA

The decision halts effort to expand association health plans, protecting patients from skimpy coverage and discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions.

Judicial Advocacy
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Federal judge will enjoin family-planning physician gag rule

The AMA is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to stop a regulation that would interfere with the patient-physician relationship and politicize medical care.

Judicial Advocacy
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Meet the physician battling the government’s Title X gag rule

Family physician Tom Ewing, MD, is the face of the lawsuit fighting a new regulation that limits what doctors can and cannot say to patients about reproductive health care options.

Judicial Advocacy
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Exclusionary bathroom policies harm transgender students

Transgender students’ health, safety and well-being is jeopardized when they’re forced to use bathrooms that don’t match gender identity, physicians say.

Judicial Advocacy
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April 4, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Improving access to care, surprise billing and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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AMA stands up for ACA patient protections in federal court

The AMA, joined by several other physician organizations, opposed a court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act and the patient protections that would go with it.

Judicial Advocacy
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Quick Take: Federal judge blocks Medicaid work requirements

A judge blocks two states’ Medicaid work requirements, citing in one case an AMA brief noting the destructive effects of coverage gaps.

Judicial Advocacy
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Appellate court case puts peer-review protections in danger

A Michigan court ignored a statute and established case law, jeopardizing future patient-safety gains. Doctors say the decision must be reversed.

Judicial Advocacy
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Supreme Court looks to AMA for guidance in big health care cases

The AMA’s input has helped shape rulings on everything from alcoholism and transgender rights to medical privacy and the Affordable Care Act.

Judicial Advocacy