The AMA submitted comments on March 13, 2026, recommending CMS actions to help states implement Medicaid community engagement requirements without causing unwarranted coverage losses for eligible enrollees. In separate marketplace plan comments, AMA stressed maintaining affordable, comprehensive coverage, warning proposed affordability boosts could destabilize risk pools and limit patient access. These advocacy efforts address national issues impacting physicians and patients amid ongoing health policy shifts. Senate HELP Committee bills from March 6 promote health care cybersecurity coordination and protections for living organ donors.