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International public affairs firm APCO Worldwide ranked the AMA first in its annual TradeMarks survey of the 50 most effective professional and trade organizations in the United States:

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The AMA is effective in insulating physicians from intrusive governmental regulations and it represents about 1/3 of that nation's doctors

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Since 1950, the AMA Foundation has supported medical students, community-based organizations and health care professionals with a wide variety of scholarships and grants.

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They support innovations in teaching and learning, including the introduction of coursework to help medical students learn us electronic health record systems.

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The AMA is a non-partisan group

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The AMA has shaped the legislation and regulations that form the basis of America's healthcare system. Its methods have been studied and emulated by corporate loobyists

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The AMA continues to work to clear roadblocks to improve the nation's health and empower our growing base of physicians, residents, and medical student activists

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The AMA does in fact use the courts.
The Litigation Center of the AMA and State Medical Societies is the voice of America's medical profession in legal proceedings across the country. The mission is to represent the interests of the medical profession in the courts.

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At the state level, the AMA shapes the policy of influential national policy-making organizations, partners with outside experts and stakeholder groups and influences the enactment and/or defeat of state legislation and regulations

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Throughout its history, the AMA has been actively involved in a variety of medical policy issues, like Medicare, HMOs, public health, and climate change. Between 1998 and 2011, the AMA spent $264 million on lobbyists.

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In 1933, the AMA worked with the Roosevelt administration in drawing up some legislation that affected health care.

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Many reformers were interested in passing legislation that would give workers mandatory health insurance coverage.The AMA registered its opinion on compulsory health insurance in 1920, when its House of delegates passed a resolution condemning any national health insurance policy

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1/4 of their revenue is derived through its annual membership fees. Other revenue comes from corporate grants and from sale of its publications and data services

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Revenues $323.7 million

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The AMA is one of the nation's leading lobbying forces, and its PACs, which dispenses money to political campaigns, is also one of the nation's wealthiest.

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There are 32 participating medical schools throughout the nation. There are also 1200 employees.

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They use E-Newsletters

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Get exclusive discounts on insurance programs designed to protect a resident's financial future

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Physicians, residents, and medical students

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1 year- $49
3 year- $147
Associate- $25
Family- $98
Donate stocks, securities, mutual funds, and money.

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240,359 as of 2016

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The AMA was founded in 1847 because of scientific advancement, standards for medical education, launching a program of medical ethics, and improved public health

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Affordable healthcare and better medical education

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The goals of the AMA are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth of medical science