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On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:02:11 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:47:57 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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oppose anything that would cut into their profits. Most docs supported
the
public option.

That is because the lobbyists wrote the bill, both of them


Both of them??? The AMA doesn't even represent all docs. I believe it's
something like 30%.

That doesn't keep them from lobbying congress with a loud voice,
acting like they represent doctors.
BTW the fact that the AMA doesn't represent 70% of real doctors
weakens your argument that they support the bill.



You claimed that they were somehow instrumental in blocking the
legislation.
That was false. They support it. That's a fact. It's also a fact that
something like 70% of docs (not just AMA docs) support it. So, my argument
wasn't weakened one iota.

Of course they like it as long as it is just a conduit into the public
treasury. I didn't say the medical establishment opposed the bill, I
said they made sure the bill would not cut costs.


?? The medical establishment was for the public option, for reducing costs
to the patients.

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