Medical association is wrong yet again: Kristof
(NEWSER) - Its membership may abide by the Hippocratic Oath, but the American Medical Association is definitely doing the public harm in its opposition to meaningful health care reform, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times. The AMA has become infamous for its lousy political stands: it supported segregation, backed tobacco, denounced Medicare, and opposed health reform from both Truman and Clinton. Now, it’s trying to kill the public option. “They’ve always been on the wrong side of things,” says Dr. David Scheiner—Barack Obama’s longtime personal physician. More»