Why Does the American medical Association (AMA) oppose governmental health insurance?

Posted on June 11th, 2009 by Jessica

The AMA has long oppossed any federal regulation of physician payments and billing.  In fact the medical establishment has rebuked outside regulation and control for over a century.  We are probably the only industry to completely regulate itself on nearly every level.  Maintaining this self-control has been a major priority for the medical industry throughout American hisory. 

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Comrades in the Trenches

Posted on June 6th, 2009 by Jessica

I truly relish and enjoy my conversations with fellow ED docs about our days.  Sometimes only colleagues who do exactly what you do and see exactly what you see can truly understand what a day in this life is like.  While we are constantly surrounded by patients, nurses, secretaries and techs, it is amazing how [...]

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Filed under: Emergency Medicine, General Medicine