American Medical Association
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
American Medical Association spent $18.6M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on medicare & medicaid, health care, immigration. It used 12 lobbyists, including people who worked for 5 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $18.6M
- Lobbyists
- 12
- Bills lobbied
- 12
- Issues
- 10
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$4.6M
- 2025 Q4$5.5M
- 2026 Q1$8M
- 2026 Q2$513K
Issues lobbied
- Medicare & Medicaid
- Health care
- Immigration
- Veterans
- Budget & spending
- Education
- Taxes
- Labor & antitrust
- Native American affairs
- Tobacco
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 879: Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 202515 reports
- H.R. 3164: Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act7 reports
- H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act6 reports
- S. 24266 reports
- S. 8915 reports
- H.R. 5371: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 20264 reports
- S. 24394 reports
- S. 13804 reports
- S. 2324 reports
- H.R. 52834 reports
- S. 17674 reports
- H.R. 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 20254 reports
Lobbying firms hired
- American Medical Association$18.6M
- Mehlman Consulting, Inc.$320K
- Todd Strategy Group$240K
- Avenue Solutions$240K
- Loper Consulting LLC$160K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- Jeff Lucas
Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Legislative Assistant/Sr. Legislative Assistant/Legislative…Bill Cassidy (R-LA) - Eric Bergren
Chief of Staff, Rep. Brett Guthrie; Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior…Brett Guthrie (R-KY) - Katherine Cotton
Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant - U.S. Representative Brett GuthrieBrett Guthrie (R-KY) - Earl Flood
Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv, Csl (Rep. Terri Sewell); Csl (Rep. Cedric Richmond); Pol Aide (Sen…Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) - Earl Flood
Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv, Csl (Rep. Terri Sewell); Csl (Rep. Cedric Richmond); Pol Aide (Sen…Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) - Angela Franklin
Fellow, Sen. Cory Booker's OfficeCory A. Booker (D-NJ)
Agencies contacted
- House Of Representatives · 67
- Senate · 63
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (Hhs) · 15
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (Cms) · 6
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) · 5
- Natl Institutes of Health (Nih) · 4
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$40K
- 2026 Q2 report$80K
- 2026 Q2 report$513K
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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Capitol Receipts, “American Medical Association: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/camericanmedicalassociation/american-medical-association (accessed 2026-10-17).