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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Physicians lobby Congress on Medicare pay cuts
Indiana lawmaker Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) expresses hope that payment cuts to doctors are reversed in next spending bill.
Congress must act now to stop Medicare cuts
The stakes in reforming our nation’s broken and unsustainable Medicare payment system could not be higher for patients, for physicians, and for the entire health care system.
How Congress is failing America’s Medicare patients
The AMA and more than 120 other national medical organizations and state medical societies called on Congress to pass legislation to reverse the 3.37% Medicare physician pay cuts that took effect Jan. 1 but Congress kicked the can down the road.
Medicare physician payment cut another example of neglect of our health care system
Fee cuts and already woefully inadequate payments have physicians contemplating leaving Medicare or quitting medicine altogether.
Inflation threatens health care access as Medicare gap widens: GOP rep
Inflation is threatening health care access across the country as the gap widens between the cost of medical services and the coverage rates paid out by Medicare, Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) warned last month.
Medicare physician pay cuts’ ripple effect could become a wave
In rural North Carolina, primary care physicians struggle to retain and recruit the people needed to care for many Medicare-age farmers.
New Year’s resolution for Congress: Cancel the Medicare pay cut
The AMA is strongly supporting a bill introduced in Congress that would completely eliminate the 3.37% Medicare physician pay cut scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.
Bipartisan reps introduce bill canceling 2024's 3.4% Medicare pay cut to physicians
A bipartisan group of representatives has introduced a bill into the House that would undo a 2024 physician pay cut finalized last month by the Biden administration.
House bill would avert physician pay cut in Medicare
A bill introduced in the House would avert a pending 3.37% physician pay cut to Medicare payments, according to the American Medical Association.
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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