https://freerepublic.com/tag/doctorcartel/ en-us Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:58:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3041421/posts Full Title: Special Deal: The shadowy cartel of doctors that controls Medicare On the last week of April earlier this year, a small committee of doctors met quietly in a midsized ballroom at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. There was an anesthesiologist, an ophthalmologist, a radiologist, and so on—thirty-one in all, each representing their own medical specialty society, each a heavy hitter in his or her own field. The meeting was convened, as always, by the American Medical Association. Since 1992, the AMA has summoned this same committee three times a year. It’s called the Specialty Society Relative Value Scale... Washington Monthly https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3041421/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:58:27 GMT