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AMA Votes to Oppose Punishing Doctors When Necessary Care Results in Fetal Death

Doctors recount horrors of physician and patient arrests after loss of pregnancy

Expanding Vaccination Pay, 'Public Option' Fuel Debate Among AMA Delegates

Resolutions also advocate for greater accuracy in Medicare Advantage plan offerings and more

COVID Vaccine Mandates in the Spotlight at the AMA's Interim Meeting

Sobriety criteria for liver transplant patients also discussed

AMA President Says 'Enough is Enough' to Divisive Politics, Fake News in Medicine

"We cannot allow physicians or our patients to become pawns," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD

AMA President-Elect Comes By His Profession Naturally

As the child of a dentist and a psychologist, Jesse Ehrenfeld says he was "called" to medicine

Health Equity, Gun Violence Prevention Among Priorities for AMA's New President

Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, talks about running "the race we're in"

Unmatched Physicians' Futures a Focus at the AMA Meeting

Delegates debate allowing them to work in underserved areas with licensed physician supervision

AMA Acknowledges Voting Is a Social Determinant of Health

Gerrymandering has disenfranchised already vulnerable communities, delegates argue

AMA Delegates Pass Resolution on Gun Violence

The group also addressed use of BMI as a standard measure, protection of sexual assault victims

AMA Annual Meeting Marred by Election Violation Charge

President-elect candidate Willarda Edwards accused of vote-trading, denies any wrongdoing

Med Students Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools at the AMA Meeting

Making families responsible for sex education isn't working, say advocates of proposed policy

AMA Debates Policy on Informal Milk Sharing Amid Formula Shortage

"There's nothing nefarious going on here," said one delegate opposing proposed policy

Medicare Drug Price Negotiation in the Spotlight at AMA Annual Meeting

Amendment on international pricing draws controversy

Should Docs Get Paid for Time Spent on Prior Authorizations?

AMA delegates were split on this question at a reference committee hearing

Gun Violence Is a Scourge That Must Be Dealt With, Says Outgoing AMA President

It "cannot be our new normal," Gerald Harmon, MD, says at the House of Delegates meeting

Some AMA Delegates Decry Dismissal of Global Warming as a Health Crisis

Climate change harms patients and physicians' practices, they argue

AMA Calls for Greater Police Accountability in New Report

Excludes reform on qualified immunity and demilitarization, to some delegates' disappointment

AMA Advocates to Strengthen Title IX Protections for Sexual Assault Victims

Proposed DOE rules disempower victims, exclude off-campus complaints, argue proponents for change

AMA Ready to Target Disinformation Docs

"Role of social media in amplifying" disinformation docs also needs to be examined, says delegate

AMA's Strategic Equity Plan Under Fire

Delegates debate issues of free speech and whether an individual or group can be named "racist"

AMA Delegates Target Naturopaths Who Write Vaccine Exemptions

Other proposals focused on minimum wage, access to menstrual care products, and looming pay cuts

Some AMA Members Say New Policy Vetting Process Stymies Critically Needed Advocacy

Reducing items for House of Delegates stifles young doctors' voices

AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicaid Coverage for Undocumented Pregnant Women

"We have to stop looking at this as an 'us versus them'" situation, says delegate

Med Students Call for 'Virginity Testing' Ban in U.S.

AMA needs to "make a concerted effort to educate patients and their families about such harm"

AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

Some worry this could lead to price controls for physician services

More Support Needed for Abortion Training for Med Students, Say AMA Delegates

"Termination of pregnancy is a critical aspect of caring for our patients"

Young Physicians Need Support From Organized Medicine, Says AMA President

"The fear and weariness ... I'd call it battle fatigue"

AMA Punts on Vaccine Strategy for Immigrants

Also asks for more in-depth report on short-term medical trips, so-called 'voluntourism'

AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID

Should those who have had a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection receive vaccination credentials?

AMA Supports Docs Receiving MAT for Substance Use

Organization also embraces physicians with disabilities or illness

Remember Your 'Why,' New AMA President Tells Delegates

Gerald Harmon, MD, sworn in as AMA's 176th president

Child Mental Health Crisis Needs Attention, AMA Delegates Say

"The pandemic exacerbated a problem we already had and made it a catastrophe"

Effort to Strengthen AMA Anti-Discrimination Policy Encounters Resistance

Critics of the draft resolution wonder if it's a "bridge too far"

Medical Residents Need Better Working Conditions, AMA Delegates Say

More access needed to healthy food, child care

A National Task Force for Obesity? AMA Delegates Debate the Idea

Policy eyes reducing maternal mortality, COVID-19 deaths among minorities

AMA Delegates Pan Physician Assistants' Name Change Announcement

"We call this 'Scope-A-Dope'"

AMA Delegates Debate Making Sex on Birth Certificate Private

Also discuss improving doc access to tools to identify youth at "imminent risk" for suicide

AMA Delegates Tussle Over Lowering Medicare Eligibility Age to 60

Resolution asks association to urge Congress to take action

AMA: Cautious 'Yes' to Public Option; 'No' to Legal Cannabis

Public option health insurance shouldn't require blanket participation from docs, group says

AMA Condemns Police Brutality, Urges Reform

But floor discussion heats up over question of "structural racism"

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