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Doctors group challenges AMA Obamacare endorsement

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A group of 100,000 U. S. physicians, members of Sermo, say that the American Medical Association (AMA) endorsement of  government-run healthcare does not reflect the views of practicing physicians. Sermo doctors belong to an online community which is used to
 

collaborate on difficult cases, share clinical observations and work together to achieve better patient outcomes than each could do individually

 
Dr. Daniel Palestrant, Sermo CE) says that
 
Physicians are the only true advocates for their patients and this bill fails to meet what physicians need to improve the quality care they deliver....By endorsing a bill that does not adequately address concerns of physicians in this country, AMA shows again that it is out of touch with physicians and is conflicted by its own business model.
 

We engage both Democrats and Republican lawmakers to engage with real physicians who actually practice medicine to get real-time feedback on how to reform healthcare.

 
Palestrant also called for the AMA to end practices that take advantage of physicians and their patients to generate millions of dollars in revenue.  He continued

Physicians have voted with their feet with AMA membership now estimated at only 15-20% of U.S. physicians.
 

Sermo recently conducted a survey that spanned 68 specialists in all 50 states whose average age was 49 years of age.  These doctors had a median of 13 years experience in practice who work in practices of all sizes in all major urban and remote rural areas across the United States.

Of the 4,165 doctors that participated

  • 75% were not members of AMA
  • 89% agreed with the claim that AMA does not speak for them
  • 91% said that AMA does not accurately reflect their opinions as physician.
To learn more about Who Speaks for Physicians, go to:
http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000913/who-speaks-for-physicians/?tag=content;col1o

Sermo physicians blog comments at
http://www.sermo.com/ui/blog/comments/physicians_indicates_ama_no_longer_represents_them.html

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