The American Medical Association enters the '90s at a peak of its power and influence. Its recovery from the institutional doldrums of the mid-1970s is now complete. The surprise resignation of Executive Vice President James Sammons, MD, following the Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates could position the AMA for further changes and for an increasingly influential voice in health care policy making. The College Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the AMA House report on the December 1989 meeting.

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The following article is a report on actions of interest to physician executives from the December 7-10, 1986, Interim w Meeting of the AMA in Las Vegas, Nev. The authors are members of the Academy's Liaison Council. Members of the Council are responsible for reporting to the general membership on the policies and activities of other national health care organizations and for representing the Academy in those organizations' decision-making processes.

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