The physician shortage will worsen – unless Congress acts now
Congress has an opportunity to reverse the worsening physician shortage and bolster access to care for millions of people.
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Physicians take fight for Medicare payment reform to Capitol Hill
Bipartisan support for Medicare reform is building in Congress, as physicians witnessed firsthand at the 2025 AMA National Advocacy Conference.
Congress fails to stop 2.83% Medicare payment cut for 2025
Another year, another cut to the Medicare payments needed to keep physicians and their practices going. Congress must turn toward long-term reform.
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First look: House members push for "doc fix"
More than half of the House is calling on leadership to avert Medicare physician payment cuts scheduled for next year, and to enact longer-term payment reforms.
Price Controls Are Harming Doctors
Whether its pharmaceuticals or health insurance, Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have only one healthcare policy – impose price controls. The untenable financial position of many doctors and private doctor practices due to tightening Medicare reimbursement rates exemplifies the folly of her preferred approach.
Doctors Cut Back on Seeing Medicare Patients as Another Pay Cut Looms
Doctors still seeing Medicare patients struggle to stay in private practice because of Medicare payment cuts.
End the Annual Medicare Doc Payment Cuts
Doctors facing yet another Medicare payment cut—this one set to take effect in January—have a prescription for Congress: fix this broken payment model.
Addressing Health Disparities: The Urgent Need For Medicare Reform
Longstanding issues in Medicare’s physician payment system have put the program on an unstable, unsustainable path, threatening to further undermine access to primary care — particularly in underserved communities that are already reeling from a shortage of doctors.
Saving local healthcare options: Congress must act before it’s too late
Imagine a healthcare system where patients wait weeks for appointments, doctors are stretched to their breaking point, and independent medical practices are forced to close their doors. Unfortunately, you don’t have to imagine it because all this is happening right now in Alabama and across the country.
Retail clinic failures show pressures facing physician practices
Ambitious efforts by some of the nation’s largest retailers to open health clinics nationwide have met with disappointing results, which underscore the precarious financial reality of care delivery today. And it sparks an obvious question for policymakers to consider: If retail giants can’t make today’s care delivery model work financially, how on earth can physicians in private practice?
CMS should be transparent on impact of Medicare pay cuts
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a 2.8% cut to physician Medicare payments starting Jan. 1. At the same time, CMS also estimates that the cost of practicing medicine next year—paying clinical and administrative staff, rent and purchasing equipment and supplies—will rise by 3.6%.
Medicare is on an unsustainable path. Congress must fix it | Opinion
Access to affordable, high-quality health care is essential — particularly for more vulnerable Americans such as seniors and the disabled. Unfortunately, a dysfunctional Medicare physician compensation system is threatening to undermine access to care.
Join the Fight to Fix Medicare Now
We’re dedicated to raising awareness of Medicare physician payment system problems so that we can work towards solutions that protect physician practices and patients’ access to care. It’s vital that patients and physicians use their voices to advocate for change.
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