Even doctors don't support Obamacare

The AMA has finally decided to be on the right side of history. This is from this morning's LATimes, page one.

"The American Medical Assn., after 60 years of opposing any government overhaul of healthcare, is now lobbying and advertising to win public support for President Obama's sweeping plan -- a proposal that promises hundreds of billions of dollars for America's doctors."
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"In the past, the AMA saw the government as endangering doctors' incomes and independence. Now, with the advent of Medicare and other federal programs, which the organization originally opposed, the government has become a vital source of revenue and stability for doctors.

Doctors are really, really discouraged now about people not getting access to medical care," said Dr. Nancy Nielsen, immediate past president of the AMA, who has been meeting with top congressional officials this summer on behalf of the association.

That's why the doctors' position has changed so dramatically since the early 1990s, when they played a lead role in helping to kill President Clinton's healthcare plan, she said.

"Back then everybody's second position was the status quo," she said. "Now there is very broad agreement that the status quo is unacceptable. That's why we see people who opposed a variety of reforms in the past now advocating for them."

Critics say the AMA was "bought off" by "cutting a deal with the White House." At least they weren't paid off by the for-profit insurance industry like some members of Congress andthe radio con men who accept payola from insurance companies to spew lies for them 24/7 on AM radio.