The AMA's solution to universal hc? Make people buy it.

The logic seems a bit twisted to me, but it's what I've come to expect from an organization such as the American Medical Association that has proven to value its own narrow self-interest more than public health.

Taking the Massachusetts bill as inspiration, they've come out in support of mandating that all uninsured American be compelled to purchase a minimum level of coverage. Of course that minimum level of coverage will be just that, minimal. Because of this, people will avoid preventative care and rely on emergency services, continuing the health cost spiral that's put us into this crisis in the first place. Was that a Hippocratic or Hypocritical oath they took?

Here's an article outlining what the AMA is proposing:

Physicians group supports mandated health coverage
By DUNCAN MOORE
Bloomberg News

CHICAGO - The nation's largest physicians group Tuesday urged that all Americans be required by the government to have health insurance.

American Medical Association delegates meeting here, in a voice vote, ratified a proposal suggesting that individuals making $49,000 or more, or families who make $100,000 and up, face tax penalties if they do not buy insurance. Lower-income individuals should get tax credits and subsidies so they can afford insurance, the AMA said. ...

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