Who do you think educates the new physicians?
Not the AMA.
People like to give the AMA power, but they represent a small fraction of physicians,
They make their money by selling CPT, ICD books.
It is physicians like my husband- who spent a lot of his career in a teaching program.
When ObamaCare comes into play, all those physicians who taught will retire.
Who is going to teach the next generation?
There power is not in the number of doctors who belong, it is in the political pull of bought and paid for politicians. Where do you think the requirement for a certificate of need comes from. One of the most anti free market things I know of in the medical profession. Let the doc run the medical schools and let any and all students in. Have a run of good old free market.