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...against the socialization of the practice of medicine as much as I would be against the socialization of my own profession, the law." When the Governor suggested that the Democratic convention make no mention of compulsory health insurance in its platform, his party obliged. Clearly, then, the AMA doctors fear no strangulation of free enterprise in the medical field no matter who is elected...
Currently engaged in the battle against government in medicine are a standing army of doctors, a sitting army of AMA lobbyists, and a mailing army. The postal brigade is the National Fund for Medical Education, which last week mailed appeals to 17,000 corporations for funds for the nation's medical schools...
...NFME has two objections to federal aid: it would add to socialism and would destroy the academic freedom in medical schools. The Administration bill, which the President this year tried to revive after the AMA's sitting army snuffed it out last year, shows no grounds for these fears. There is a wide gap between government aid and government control. Under the bill, medical schools would receive a fixed sum for each student, to use as they see fit. The only hint of control is the Public Health Council, composed mostly of doctors, who would check each school every...
...AMA MAN IN QUITS...
There is some evidence that this kind of thing happens fairly often among the 96,000 U.S. doctors and dentists who read TIME each week. It may help explain why members of the AMA vote TIME "America's most important magazine...