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To: combjelly who wrote (536031)	12/12/2009 1:05:47 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 1578116

Is the AMA still limiting the number of med. school students? If so, how are other factors contributing to the shortage if there is that bottleneck? Seems to be if there was a shortage of applicants, then any limits on acceptances shouldn't even occur. AMA was a labor union for physicians. As such they wielded a lot of power. I don't know whether they have AS MUCH power today, but they still have a lot. Today, however, they are acknowledging there is a doctor shortage and purportedly working to eliminate it. The AMA's actions to limit enrollment, as I understand it, were indirect. They could not directly limit enrollment, but they could limit the number of accredited medical schools, and by reducing the number of accredited med schools they effectively limited enrollment. AMA today represents maybe 20% of physicians, if that. Their power comes from control of key assets like CPT and ICD9 and the revenue that generates. IN the same way I watched as the AICPA (of which I'm a member) wreck the accounting profession, I think the AMA is damaging the medical profession. Just as the UAW wrecked the auto business and practically every other business unions have taken over.

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