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Perhaps the real tragedy of the AMA is how it overshadows and, at times, opposes the efforts of thousands of valiant professionals struggling to increase the health of America...
...legislative elections across the country, the AMA has supported anti-abortion candidates over those who favor limitations on Medicare physician fees. This past August, the AMA contributed $5,000 to the campaign of Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is a notorious anti-abortion extremist. Among other things, this legislator defended a criminal who had attacked an abortion clinic and sponsored a Florida bill to guarantee humane treatment of fetal remains...
...opponent, strongly pro-choice, had done nothing to alienate the AMA except call for expanded health care in the tradition of the late Claude Pepper...
...doctors agree with all of the AMA's actions. Many support Medicare reform, and most are adamantly pro-choice. Physicians across the country devote thousands of hours to free service, and the vast majority do not overcharge Medicare patients...
...should also be mentioned that not all that the AMA does is wrong. The organization offers a forum for scholarly research that furthers the advancement of medicine. Local branches of the AMA have cooperated with local government to improve the health of thousands of Americans...