100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2019

Under Madara, AMA is focused on reimagining medical education. In May, AMA announced 37 schools being a part of the $15 million grant program, “Accelerating Change in Medical Education.” Recently, AMA decided to leave Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, a mega coalition of the healthcare industry devoted to killing single-payer and public option proposals. Madara said AMA still opposes Medicare for All, but it needed time to advocate and “address current coverage gaps and dysfunction in our healthcare system.”