Making Medicine a Top Priority

Our Mission

AMPAC’s mission is to find and support candidates for congressional offices, whether it is a new candidate for office who will make physicians and patients a top priority, or a candidate running for reelection who has proven to be a friend of medicine.

How AMPAC Works

A political action committee (PAC) is created by a corporation or membership organization to collect voluntary contributions from members in support of candidates for political office.

AMPAC is the bipartisan PAC of the American Medical Association (AMA) that supports candidates through political contributions entirely raised through AMPAC membership contributions. AMA members are encouraged to join AMPAC, but it is not required. Monetary campaign contributions are limited by federal law, but because every cent is voluntarily donated by AMPAC members, each contribution represents the support of thousands of AMA members. Learn more about AMPAC activities.

Watch to learn more about AMPAC’s efforts and how physicians’ support makes a real impact.

AMPAC is led by a Board of Directors who, along with AMPAC staff and state medical societies, find candidates to support during an election using the money AMPAC raises. When deciding whether to support a candidate, AMPAC employs a “no-rigid-litmus-test” policy, looking at the candidate’s entire body of work and overall record on issues important to medicine.

AMPAC supports candidates for the United States Congress – not presidential candidates or state and local candidates, though the PACs of state medical societies may do so with their own funds.

For more information, visit the Frequently Asked Questions page or give us a call at 202-789-7400.