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Senate unanimously passes CMA-sponsored bill to cut prior authorization delays

The California Senate unanimously passed SB 306, the CMA-sponsored Defending Physicians Decisions Act, which would eliminate prior authorization for medical services that insurers routinely approve—r...


Senate takes up controversial federal spending bill with deep health care cuts

Last week, the U.S. House narrowly passed a sweeping budget bill that would slash Medicaid funding, roll back ACA subsidies, and impose new restrictions on physician payment and student loans. CMA st...


CMA urges Congress to reject catastrophic Medicaid cuts that threaten patient care

CMA is urging Congress to reject a federal bill that would impose more than $625 billion in Medicaid cuts—threatening coverage for over 15 million Americans and devastate access to care in communitie...


CMA statement on House Republicans' proposed cuts to Medicaid

CMA President Shannon Udovic-Constant, M.D., issued the following statement regarding House Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid:


New federal student loan plan threatens physician pipeline, CMA warns

House Republicans have proposed federal student loan changes that would cap undergraduate borrowing at $50,000 and medical school borrowing at $100,000 and exclude residency years at nonprofit hospit...


CMA-sponsored bill to strengthen corporate bar advances out of Senate committee

A bill sponsored by the California Medical Association to strengthen the state’s ban on the corporate practice of medicine and counter the influence of private equity firms in health care advanced ou...

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