JAMA Watch Jan. 4, 2012: I read what the AMA is writing so you won't have to.

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3. Thanks for posting this

and I look forward to future summaries.

Here is what really bothers me. The AMA is a professional organization that exists to protect businesses of their members. The state MA's are too. They should be treated the same as all other unions and professional organizations. But they are not. For some reason they are given authority as though they are a super political, moral compass, and scientific organization.

They write position papers, opinions, and take stands always placing the protection of incomes - as their charter requires. There is no concept that the members are the caretakers of the nation's health or even access to care. That is the PR fallacy.