"I’m angry because insurance companies – which are making record profits – are wasting our time and putting our patients’ health at risk by forcing us to argue with some bureaucrat over the care of our patients." - @PresAmerMed at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"I’m angry because insurance companies – which are making record profits – are wasting our time and putting our patients’ health at risk by forcing us to argue with some bureaucrat over the care of our patients." - @PresAmerMed at #AMAmtg
"I believe that physicians are built for moments like this. We are problem-solvers. We are advocates. We are resilient. And, we are determined." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"I believe that physicians are built for moments like this. We are problem-solvers. We are advocates. We are resilient. And, we are determined." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"Our patients and our colleagues are why we fight and why we will continue to fight until our health care system truly reflects the values of our profession." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Our patients and our colleagues are why we fight and why we will continue to fight until our health care system truly reflects the values of our profession." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"Being angry just for the sake of being angry doesn’t get us very far. We have to turn our anger into action." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Being angry just for the sake of being angry doesn’t get us very far. We have to turn our anger into action." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
In a fiery address, outgoing AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, urged physicians to be unrelenting in their efforts to fix a broken U.S. health system. #AMAmtg http://spr.ly/633224Emt8
AMA president: Doctors must turn discontent into decisive action
In a fiery address, outgoing AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, urged physicians to be unrelenting in their efforts to fix a broken U.S. health system.
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June 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In a fiery address, outgoing AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, urged physicians to be unrelenting in their efforts to fix a broken U.S. health system. #AMAmtg http://spr.ly/633224Emt8
"Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act are literal lifelines for children and families for whom subsidized health coverage is their only real option." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act are literal lifelines for children and families for whom subsidized health coverage is their only real option." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
"Over the past year, the AMA has acted with greater urgency, greater clarity, and a stronger sense of purpose. When institutions backed away from science or jeopardized patient safety, the AMA stood up." -AMA CEO John Whyte, MD, MPH, addresses the AMA House of Delegates at #AMAmtg.
June 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"Over the past year, the AMA has acted with greater urgency, greater clarity, and a stronger sense of purpose. When institutions backed away from science or jeopardized patient safety, the AMA stood up." -AMA CEO John Whyte, MD, MPH, addresses the AMA House of Delegates at #AMAmtg.
.@AmerMedicalAssn “It is accomplished.” Concluding an AMAzing #AMAMtg I-24 with #Gratitude for #Community #Connections #Collaborations #Friendships w/ .@ACPIMPhysicians Delegation & #WomenPhysiciansSection members & #GoverningCouncil #IMProud #OurAMA #PhysicianAdvocacy
November 16, 2024 at 10:07 PM
.@AmerMedicalAssn “It is accomplished.” Concluding an AMAzing #AMAMtg I-24 with #Gratitude for #Community #Connections #Collaborations #Friendships w/ .@ACPIMPhysicians Delegation & #WomenPhysiciansSection members & #GoverningCouncil #IMProud #OurAMA #PhysicianAdvocacy
Keep telling your stories, those that anger and inspire you, because the world is listening. Keep advocating for your patients. Keep reaching out to your colleagues. Keep pushing for the future we all want. Our profession and patients are worth the fight. - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Keep telling your stories, those that anger and inspire you, because the world is listening. Keep advocating for your patients. Keep reaching out to your colleagues. Keep pushing for the future we all want. Our profession and patients are worth the fight. - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
Physicians are bearing the brunt of a failed Medicare payment system. While our pay has been cut over 33% in 25 years, hospitals & insurance companies receive annual increases. Congress needs to know there is no “care” in Medicare if there are no doctors. @PresAmerMed at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Physicians are bearing the brunt of a failed Medicare payment system. While our pay has been cut over 33% in 25 years, hospitals & insurance companies receive annual increases. Congress needs to know there is no “care” in Medicare if there are no doctors. @PresAmerMed at #AMAmtg
"Many have had to lay off staff, limit the number of Medicare or Medicaid patients they see, or close their practices...when they do, it exacerbates an already crippling physician shortage in the U.S. that's likely to get much worse over the next decade." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"Many have had to lay off staff, limit the number of Medicare or Medicaid patients they see, or close their practices...when they do, it exacerbates an already crippling physician shortage in the U.S. that's likely to get much worse over the next decade." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"We can't abandon progress & endanger the health of millions whose illnesses could have been treated had we stayed on course. This isn't a path toward greatness. It's retreating from our moral obligation to provide compassionate care for all who need it." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"We can't abandon progress & endanger the health of millions whose illnesses could have been treated had we stayed on course. This isn't a path toward greatness. It's retreating from our moral obligation to provide compassionate care for all who need it." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"I think the times call for some anger; because despite the best efforts of everyone in this room and colleagues across the country, our health care system is failing in fundamental ways. It's failing physicians and more importantly it’s failing patients." - @PresAmerMed #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"I think the times call for some anger; because despite the best efforts of everyone in this room and colleagues across the country, our health care system is failing in fundamental ways. It's failing physicians and more importantly it’s failing patients." - @PresAmerMed #AMAmtg
"When we love what we do — when we’re fighting for something that matters — we don’t tire. We move forward. We run."- AMA President, Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"When we love what we do — when we’re fighting for something that matters — we don’t tire. We move forward. We run."- AMA President, Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"Millions of people like me...are alive tonight thanks to decades of government investment into research and exploratory science at leading universities and institutes. We can't lose sight of what medicine & science have achieved in our lifetimes." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"Millions of people like me...are alive tonight thanks to decades of government investment into research and exploratory science at leading universities and institutes. We can't lose sight of what medicine & science have achieved in our lifetimes." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"As physicians, we have the tools – our empathy, our compassion and our training, which not only earns us the trust of our patients but the hope that we will step up and lead the charge to heal our health system." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"As physicians, we have the tools – our empathy, our compassion and our training, which not only earns us the trust of our patients but the hope that we will step up and lead the charge to heal our health system." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
"The AMA continues to sound the alarm about what two decades of declining Medicare payment to physicians is doing to independent practices and its disastrous ripple effects across health care." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"The AMA continues to sound the alarm about what two decades of declining Medicare payment to physicians is doing to independent practices and its disastrous ripple effects across health care." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
What insurance companies are doing to patients is wrong. Stepping between us and our patients is wrong.
Denying necessary, life-saving care is wrong. It’s no wonder docs are frustrated at a system that's undermining our judgement & eroding patients’ trust. - Dr. Bruce Scott, MD at #AMAmtg
Denying necessary, life-saving care is wrong. It’s no wonder docs are frustrated at a system that's undermining our judgement & eroding patients’ trust. - Dr. Bruce Scott, MD at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
What insurance companies are doing to patients is wrong. Stepping between us and our patients is wrong.
Denying necessary, life-saving care is wrong. It’s no wonder docs are frustrated at a system that's undermining our judgement & eroding patients’ trust. - Dr. Bruce Scott, MD at #AMAmtg
Denying necessary, life-saving care is wrong. It’s no wonder docs are frustrated at a system that's undermining our judgement & eroding patients’ trust. - Dr. Bruce Scott, MD at #AMAmtg
We must press Congress & policymakers to address the most egregious failures of our current system and put health care back on solid ground. This won’t happen by accident. It only happens because physicians, in great numbers, stand up and demand that it happens." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We must press Congress & policymakers to address the most egregious failures of our current system and put health care back on solid ground. This won’t happen by accident. It only happens because physicians, in great numbers, stand up and demand that it happens." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"We continue to call attention to the worsening physician shortage, driven by excessive administrative burdens and busy work that steal time from our day and contribute to an increasingly impersonal and bureaucratic system." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"We continue to call attention to the worsening physician shortage, driven by excessive administrative burdens and busy work that steal time from our day and contribute to an increasingly impersonal and bureaucratic system." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"There's no doubt our nation & profession face many challenges right now. In moments like this it'd be easy to fall into hopelessness & apathy. But this is where we must find the motivation to drive us forward – to push the work of this organization forward." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"There's no doubt our nation & profession face many challenges right now. In moments like this it'd be easy to fall into hopelessness & apathy. But this is where we must find the motivation to drive us forward – to push the work of this organization forward." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"Trust is foundational in medicine. And at a time when so many voices are competing for attention and influence, we will make sure that physicians remain the most trusted voices in health care." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD, addresses the AMA House of Delegates for the final time as AMA President. #AMAmtg
June 5, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"Trust is foundational in medicine. And at a time when so many voices are competing for attention and influence, we will make sure that physicians remain the most trusted voices in health care." - Bobby Mukkamala, MD, addresses the AMA House of Delegates for the final time as AMA President. #AMAmtg
"I had successful brain surgery last Dec. & I stand here tonight incredibly grateful but also changed by this experience...I have a better understanding of our healthcare system. After 25 years as a practicing physician, I was at death's door as a patient." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
June 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"I had successful brain surgery last Dec. & I stand here tonight incredibly grateful but also changed by this experience...I have a better understanding of our healthcare system. After 25 years as a practicing physician, I was at death's door as a patient." -Bobby Mukkamala, MD at #AMAmtg
"We're committed to take the time to fight for as long as it takes because we understand the high stakes of what we do. You and I wouldn't be here today if we didn’t believe in the power of physicians working together...lasting change won’t happen without you." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"We're committed to take the time to fight for as long as it takes because we understand the high stakes of what we do. You and I wouldn't be here today if we didn’t believe in the power of physicians working together...lasting change won’t happen without you." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
"We must continue to educate Congress on why our nation should be working to bring down the cost of medical education, not erecting barriers to deter brilliant young minds from pursuing this noble profession." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg
June 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"We must continue to educate Congress on why our nation should be working to bring down the cost of medical education, not erecting barriers to deter brilliant young minds from pursuing this noble profession." - Dr. Bruce Scott at #AMAmtg