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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MedPAC gives Congress a roadmap to Medicare reform
Endorsing a stabilizing approach to Medicare reform, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that Congress link next year’s physician payment update to the growth in the cost of providing care. The recommendation comes just as Congress failed to prevent this year’s 2.8 percent cut.
Medicare pay cuts: What they mean for rural America
Patients in rural areas are already at higher risk for poor health outcomes. Squeezing the physician practices that care for them is not the answer.
Medicare Must Keep Its Promise to Seniors
Seniors pay into Medicare their entire working lives. When they become a Medicare patient, they expect access to timely care and rely on their physicians for checkups and managing health challenges. The 2.83 percent cut to physician payments that took effect on January 1 threatens that care.
Physicians 'outraged' that spending bill fails to avert pay cut
Physicians are again shortchanged in a spending bill proposal to avert a government shutdown. AMA President, Dr. Bruce A. Scott, says more practices will close and Medicare patients will pay the price.
Physician Pay Cut Again: Can GOP Leadership Save Medicare Access?
Congress is poised to deliver physicians their fifth consecutive Medicare pay cut. However, House Republican leadership has assured the GOP Doctors Caucus that it will block these physician payment reductions in the upcoming budget reconciliation process.
Lawmakers move to allow Medicare pay cut, drawing rebuke from physicians
Congress is hurtling toward a deadline when they must approve a spending package or face a government shutdown. The current continuing resolution left in place a physician pay cut from Jan. 1, despite physician hopes lawmakers would reverse it.
Why I closed my OB-GYN practice in Ohio after 27 years
When practices disappear, patients lose a critical touch point — local, small-town doctors — in an increasingly complex and impersonal health system, writes speaker of the AMA House of Delegates, Lisa Bohman Egbert, MD.
Op-ed: To strengthen patient access, Congress must address doctor shortage and burnout
Increased reimbursement for doctors and prior authorization reform are needed to head off burnout and clinician shortages, said American Medical Association President Bruce Scott, M.D. A legislative package unveiled over the weekend by House of Representatives leadership excludes both.
If we truly care about Idaho seniors, we will fix Medicare’s broken physician payment system
Doctors should receive the same kind of inflation-adjusted payment updates that most other providers already benefit from, writes guest columnist Chenele Dixon.
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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