The AMA is first and foremost an organization to promote leftist ideology. They generally try to connect their statements and studies to medicine in some fashion.
And it is barely recognizable from the AMA of 30, or even 20, years ago.
May be hard for younger FReepers to believe that not long ago, RATS were in the minority at the AMA and the two most detested words in its vocabulary were "socialized medicine." But it's true.
“The AMA is first and foremost an organization to promote leftist ideology”
Absolutely on the money! On top of that, there is a surprisingly high number of physicians who think that socialized medicine is going to save health care!
By and large, docs are great technicians, but often very, very foolish when considering the bigger picture!
Militant
The throat was cut with the acceptance of MEDICARE. That was the beginning. We may see the end with universal .gov care.