@janbb I have no doubt doctors are concerned about it. I think you might be overly idealistic about the AMA.
The AMA fought against patients having access to test results. That’s about money to me. How dare they try to put an obstacle in from of an individual knowing about their own medical condition. They don’t want you to see a test result directly from the lab because they want to charge you for another appointment or charge you for a copy of your chart or don’t want to have to be nicer with how that chart your condition, because now patients can readily see notes if the full chart is easily accessible.
The AMA has spent MILLIONS lobbying against single payer health care.
The AMA has the copyright for CPT billing codes, so the AMA gets a licensing fee, unless that has changed and I’m unaware. So, any doctor using the code system (they don’t have much choice) are funding the AMA with millions of dollars to use as they seem appropriate.
It’s not like all doctors agree with everything the AMA does, plenty are frustrated with some of the lobbying the AMA does. I had that problem with the Realtor Association when I was a realtor. I don’t agree with everything the organization lobbies for, but I have little choice if I want to use the MLS, they have a monopoly basically, although now so much is simultaneously shown on Zillow and other websites I guess there is a way around it, but not as good as the MLS.
The AMA gives a lot of money to Republicans, although they do to Democrats too. Any money to Republicans in the last 20 years has helped us get to the point we are now in my opinion.
I hope you research it and not just listen to me. It’s not all good or bad regarding the AMA, but they are not some sort of purely altruistic organization.