No one has been able to support this claim, and it is pretty unbelievable. Let’s see your data, Victoria and Dan.

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1) I am not aware of a reliably and scientifically valid poll which confirms whether doctors as a whole are for or against health care reform as presented

2) what data we have for doctor’s opinions on health care reform (AMA etc.) suggest that doctors are in favor of health care reform but are not definitive

Which suggest that the initial supporting evidence suggests that doctors support health care reform as presented, but further research is required to confirm whether this is true for doctors as a whole.

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note that I am not challenging your AMA assertions.

But if you assert that:

“most physicians do oppose this bill”

I am merely asking for your data to support this.

And your data?

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As you can see, most physcians do not agree with the health plan Obama wants.

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and you are sure a majority of doctors oppose health care reform based on what data?

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interesting observation.

I don’t see either dentists or cosmetic surgery except perhaps under rehabilitative and restorative services.

But you are possibly circling an important consideration: as it reads it would appear that this would cover medical procedures which are considered efficacious in addressing medical necessity.

The key issues would seem to be we are honogenizing what is considerd standard coverage.

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RPN – 124

“American Medical Association endorses Democratic plan.”

The American Medical Association (AMA) only represents about 20% (if that) of physcians today – their numbers have shrunk greatly in 35 years.

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Today the percentage is estimated at 19 percent –

Organized Medicine: Do We Need AMA?

Richard R. Johnston, M.D., Chair
Committee on Representation to the American Medical Association

As Chair of the Committee on Representation to the American Medical Association (AMA), I am writing to inform ASA membership of evolving changes in AMA. This article attempts to explain changes that may occur with organized medicine and how these changes could affect ASA and you as an individual physician.

Twenty-five years ago, AMA represented a substantial percentage of American physicians. Today, only 25 percent of active, practicing physicians belong to AMA. Previously, when AMA lobbyists and leadership advocated for physicians, they could claim they represented all American physicians. Today this is not the case.

http://www.asahq.org/Newsletters/2001/05_01/whatsnew0501.htm

This subject comes up frequently among doctor’s and those in the medical community -

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The fact is, only ten to fifteen percent of actual doctors are members of any of those organizations. THE MAJORITY OF DOCTORS ARE OPPOSED!

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