PDF By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS (AP) –10/28/09
WASHINGTON — Does the AMA matter in the health care debate? Congress is beginning to have its doubts, despite the medical association’s deep pockets and platoons of lobbyists.
It’s lost its principles, some lawmakers and physicians say. Perhaps more damaging: It can’t produce votes.
After a humiliating defeat in the Senate, the venerable American Medical Association faces a revolt from both its member doctors and one-time political allies as it struggles to influence an overhaul of the nation’s health system.
The Associated Press: THE INFLUENCE GAME: Doctors’ lobby in tricky spot
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