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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
I like how the "government" used the AMA as a "TOOL" in promoting obamacare/gov run healthcare. Note, most physicains do not belong to the AMA...... 
Wait until the sheeple find out 90% of the current physicians might not accept "GOV insurance".
"You can keep your current doctor!" (If he or she accepts GOV insurance.)
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The AMA is a political platform, just like many other professional organizations. They try to influence how professionals in their field vote en masse. I find it ironic that the AMA is "The American Medican Association" but amongst health care professionals it is more often used in reference to "against medical advice."
I've had long discussions with my brother about government insurance. Any large academic center will be required to accept fgovernment insurance in order to pay the physicians in training at their institutions (who have not seen an increase in salary in over 20 years.) Any "successful" doctor is likely to go into the private sector and demand out-of-pocket or private insuror payments in order to practice medicine in the way they feel is best for ther patient instead of how the government mandates. This will then lead to substandard medical training and a complete and utter breakdown of quality health care in our country.
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