AMA
n AMA news 1990
u Lesson from 1964 AMA “wrote” Medicare legislation;
placed itself at the center of the debate in 1964.
n A fault of the Clinton Health Care Reform plan was that it
did not include the AMA and similar professional groups
in the decision making process.
n Expand access to Americans who lack it
u  Why? -more money dedicated to medicine more
income for physicians.
n Health Access America; don’t destroy the entire system,
fix Medicare pump more money into it with a trust fund
reserve, don’t depend on congressional budgets.