The Left has turned the American Medical Association into a Left-wing lobby group

[Votto]

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A government-backed billing code system gives the AMA millions each year — money it funnels into left-wing lobbying and cultural activism.

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According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda.

Each year, the AMA collects hundreds of millions of dollars through royalties on its proprietary Current Procedural Terminology codes. These are the codes doctors use to communicate with insurers and federal agencies when they conduct checkups, order tests, or write prescriptions. Hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all required to use them — and pay for the privilege.

In 2023 alone, the AMA raked in nearly $285 million from CPT royalties. That isn’t a side hustle; it’s a windfall. Watchdogs now rank the AMA among the most financially powerful nonprofits in American health care.


The AMA didn’t earn that money through clinical excellence or medical innovation. It profits from what is essentially public infrastructure.

The federal government made it so. In the 1980s, Medicare and Medicaid began requiring CPT codes for billing. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made CPT codes the federal standard for electronic health care transactions. That mandate gave the AMA control over an indispensable part of American medicine.

Hospitals, providers, and insurers can’t opt out. But instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

On gun control, the AMA has pushed bans on so-called assault weapons, supported raising the legal age of ownership to 21, and opposed allowing teachers to defend themselves in the classroom.

It really is not surprising why doctors around the country are propping up the corrupt democrat party. Just look at the byproduct of the gender cult the DNC has started as they preach their gospel in every public school in the country as they watch gender confusion rise 4000% amongst the children. Those who dare to try and change their sex are in for a lifetime of very expensive medical interventions that are never ending. In short, the gender cult is big business in the medical field as the government wants to fund all of it, including abortions. The medical community also benefits from such things as mandatory vaccinations, etc.

 

[konradv]

Your health premiums are powering the left’s political machine | Blaze Media

A government-backed billing code system gives the AMA millions each year — money it funnels into left-wing lobbying and cultural activism.

www.theblaze.com

According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda.

Each year, the AMA collects hundreds of millions of dollars through royalties on its proprietary Current Procedural Terminology codes. These are the codes doctors use to communicate with insurers and federal agencies when they conduct checkups, order tests, or write prescriptions. Hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all required to use them — and pay for the privilege.

In 2023 alone, the AMA raked in nearly $285 million from CPT royalties. That isn’t a side hustle; it’s a windfall. Watchdogs now rank the AMA among the most financially powerful nonprofits in American health care.


The AMA didn’t earn that money through clinical excellence or medical innovation. It profits from what is essentially public infrastructure.

The federal government made it so. In the 1980s, Medicare and Medicaid began requiring CPT codes for billing. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made CPT codes the federal standard for electronic health care transactions. That mandate gave the AMA control over an indispensable part of American medicine.

Hospitals, providers, and insurers can’t opt out. But instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

On gun control, the AMA has pushed bans on so-called assault weapons, supported raising the legal age of ownership to 21, and opposed allowing teachers to defend themselves in the classroom.

It really is not surprising why doctors around the country are propping up the corrupt democrat party. Just look at the byproduct of the gender cult the DNC has started as they preach their gospel in every public school in the country as they watch gender confusion rise 4000% amongst the children. Those who dare to try and change their sex are in for a lifetime of very expensive medical interventions that are never ending. In short, the gender cult is big business in the medical field as the government wants to fund all of it, including abortions. The medical community also benefits from such things as mandatory vaccinations, etc.

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Medicare for everyone.

 

[Votto]

Medicare for everyone.

People tend to gravitate towards where the money is, whether it be the Swamp Leviathan that prints money out of thin air or communist China.

Oh, and never mind that Medicare turns down more people for medical procedures than private health care, like the CEO who was shot dead for denying people health care.

No Left-wing shooter will ever take his revenge out on those propping up government funded health care no matter how many people may suffer.

 

[BULLDOG]

Your health premiums are powering the left’s political machine | Blaze Media

A government-backed billing code system gives the AMA millions each year — money it funnels into left-wing lobbying and cultural activism.

www.theblaze.com

According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda.

Each year, the AMA collects hundreds of millions of dollars through royalties on its proprietary Current Procedural Terminology codes. These are the codes doctors use to communicate with insurers and federal agencies when they conduct checkups, order tests, or write prescriptions. Hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all required to use them — and pay for the privilege.

In 2023 alone, the AMA raked in nearly $285 million from CPT royalties. That isn’t a side hustle; it’s a windfall. Watchdogs now rank the AMA among the most financially powerful nonprofits in American health care.


The AMA didn’t earn that money through clinical excellence or medical innovation. It profits from what is essentially public infrastructure.

The federal government made it so. In the 1980s, Medicare and Medicaid began requiring CPT codes for billing. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made CPT codes the federal standard for electronic health care transactions. That mandate gave the AMA control over an indispensable part of American medicine.

Hospitals, providers, and insurers can’t opt out. But instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

On gun control, the AMA has pushed bans on so-called assault weapons, supported raising the legal age of ownership to 21, and opposed allowing teachers to defend themselves in the classroom.

It really is not surprising why doctors around the country are propping up the corrupt democrat party. Just look at the byproduct of the gender cult the DNC has started as they preach their gospel in every public school in the country as they watch gender confusion rise 4000% amongst the children. Those who dare to try and change their sex are in for a lifetime of very expensive medical interventions that are never ending. In short, the gender cult is big business in the medical field as the government wants to fund all of it, including abortions. The medical community also benefits from such things as mandatory vaccinations, etc.

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Explain how those royalties work. When a doctor uses a code, do they have to pay the AMA for that usage?

 

[Zincwarrior]

MAGA patriots don't need no dern lefty medisinz.

 

[Votto]

Explain how those royalties work. When a doctor uses a code, do they have to pay the AMA for that usage?

In 2022, the American Medical Association generated about $493 million in revenue. Of that sum, less than $34 million came from membership dues. By far the largest revenue source was “royalties and credentialing products,” at over $293 million. Other significant revenue sources included insurance commissions ($33.2 million), journal revenues ($30.8 million), and advertising ($13.3 million). 7 The AMA’s reliance on commercial sources for revenue rather than membership dues has drawn criticism that the organization is beholden to business interests and does not adequately represent American physicians. 6 Critics have alleged that the AMA has sold data harvested from its members to private companies. 8

A key source of funding for the AMA is the licensing of Current Procedural Technology (CPT) codes, a system for medical expenditure reimbursement to which the AMA has exclusive intellectual property rights. In 1983, the federal government declared that CPT would be the sole reimbursement system used for Medicare and Medicaid expenditures. Critics argue that this arrangement constitutes a government-backed private monopoly. 8

American Medical Association - InfluenceWatch

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest national association of physicians in the United States. In 2022, the AMA claimed 271,660 members, including non-dues-paying retired physicians. Though the AMA’s influence has waned since the middle of the 20th century, it remains one of the...

www.influencewatch.org

 

[Votto]

The Left wants to use doctors and the AMA the same way they use the IRS, which is to target conservatives as we saw with the scandal under Obama that awarded conservatives millions for wrongdoing. Or they want to use them as they did FEMA, as they told their workers in North Carolina to avoid helping families after the flooding there that have Trump signs in their yard.

God forbid you are a Trump supporter and need that triple bypass to be able to continue to live.

 

[konradv]

People tend to gravitate towards where the money is, whether it be the Swamp Leviathan that prints money out of thin air or communist China.

Oh, and never mind that Medicare turns down more people for medical procedures than private health care, like the CEO who was shot dead for denying people health care.

No Left-wing shooter will ever take his revenge out on those propping up government funded health care no matter how many people may suffer.

MAGA lies.

 

[Marener]

The Left wants to use doctors and the AMA the same way they use the IRS, which is to target conservatives as we saw with the scandal under Obama that awarded conservatives millions for wrongdoing

That’s some paranoid shit. Do you check under your bed for the AMA at night?

 

[Votto]

That’s some paranoid shit. Do you check under your bed for the AMA at night?

IRS Apologizes For Aggressive Scrutiny Of Conservative Groups

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced settlements in two long-running cases against the IRS, saying, "There's no excuse" for the agency's treatment of the groups, which sought tax-exempt status.

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"We sorry", says the IRS. Here is a little taxpayer money, now go away.

 

[konradv]

Trump on the Epstein evidence.

 

[Votto]

Trump on the Epstein evidence.

Epstein?

Looks like you are done talking about the Left wing takeover of the AMA

 

[Independent thinker]

Your health premiums are powering the left’s political machine | Blaze Media

A government-backed billing code system gives the AMA millions each year — money it funnels into left-wing lobbying and cultural activism.

www.theblaze.com

According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda.

Each year, the AMA collects hundreds of millions of dollars through royalties on its proprietary Current Procedural Terminology codes. These are the codes doctors use to communicate with insurers and federal agencies when they conduct checkups, order tests, or write prescriptions. Hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all required to use them — and pay for the privilege.

In 2023 alone, the AMA raked in nearly $285 million from CPT royalties. That isn’t a side hustle; it’s a windfall. Watchdogs now rank the AMA among the most financially powerful nonprofits in American health care.


The AMA didn’t earn that money through clinical excellence or medical innovation. It profits from what is essentially public infrastructure.

The federal government made it so. In the 1980s, Medicare and Medicaid began requiring CPT codes for billing. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made CPT codes the federal standard for electronic health care transactions. That mandate gave the AMA control over an indispensable part of American medicine.

Hospitals, providers, and insurers can’t opt out. But instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

On gun control, the AMA has pushed bans on so-called assault weapons, supported raising the legal age of ownership to 21, and opposed allowing teachers to defend themselves in the classroom.

It really is not surprising why doctors around the country are propping up the corrupt democrat party. Just look at the byproduct of the gender cult the DNC has started as they preach their gospel in every public school in the country as they watch gender confusion rise 4000% amongst the children. Those who dare to try and change their sex are in for a lifetime of very expensive medical interventions that are never ending. In short, the gender cult is big business in the medical field as the government wants to fund all of it, including abortions. The medical community also benefits from such things as mandatory vaccinations, etc.

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Following right behind the Climate Change kooks.

 

[konradv]

Epstein?

 

[Doc7505]

Your health premiums are powering the left’s political machine | Blaze Media

A government-backed billing code system gives the AMA millions each year — money it funnels into left-wing lobbying and cultural activism.

www.theblaze.com

According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda.

Each year, the AMA collects hundreds of millions of dollars through royalties on its proprietary Current Procedural Terminology codes. These are the codes doctors use to communicate with insurers and federal agencies when they conduct checkups, order tests, or write prescriptions. Hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all required to use them — and pay for the privilege.

In 2023 alone, the AMA raked in nearly $285 million from CPT royalties. That isn’t a side hustle; it’s a windfall. Watchdogs now rank the AMA among the most financially powerful nonprofits in American health care.


The AMA didn’t earn that money through clinical excellence or medical innovation. It profits from what is essentially public infrastructure.

The federal government made it so. In the 1980s, Medicare and Medicaid began requiring CPT codes for billing. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made CPT codes the federal standard for electronic health care transactions. That mandate gave the AMA control over an indispensable part of American medicine.

Hospitals, providers, and insurers can’t opt out. But instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

On gun control, the AMA has pushed bans on so-called assault weapons, supported raising the legal age of ownership to 21, and opposed allowing teachers to defend themselves in the classroom.

It really is not surprising why doctors around the country are propping up the corrupt democrat party. Just look at the byproduct of the gender cult the DNC has started as they preach their gospel in every public school in the country as they watch gender confusion rise 4000% amongst the children. Those who dare to try and change their sex are in for a lifetime of very expensive medical interventions that are never ending. In short, the gender cult is big business in the medical field as the government wants to fund all of it, including abortions. The medical community also benefits from such things as mandatory vaccinations, etc.

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Unfortunately, those that lead and are part of the AMA have forgotten their oaths as physicians to "First Do No Harm".
They have shift to first get the money, and is some cases have become the Dr. Mengele's of their profession.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Your health premiums are powering the left’s political machine | Blaze Media

A government-backed billing code system gives the AMA millions each year — money it funnels into left-wing lobbying and cultural activism.

www.theblaze.com

According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda.

Each year, the AMA collects hundreds of millions of dollars through royalties on its proprietary Current Procedural Terminology codes. These are the codes doctors use to communicate with insurers and federal agencies when they conduct checkups, order tests, or write prescriptions. Hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all required to use them — and pay for the privilege.

In 2023 alone, the AMA raked in nearly $285 million from CPT royalties. That isn’t a side hustle; it’s a windfall. Watchdogs now rank the AMA among the most financially powerful nonprofits in American health care.


The AMA didn’t earn that money through clinical excellence or medical innovation. It profits from what is essentially public infrastructure.

The federal government made it so. In the 1980s, Medicare and Medicaid began requiring CPT codes for billing. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made CPT codes the federal standard for electronic health care transactions. That mandate gave the AMA control over an indispensable part of American medicine.

Hospitals, providers, and insurers can’t opt out. But instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

On gun control, the AMA has pushed bans on so-called assault weapons, supported raising the legal age of ownership to 21, and opposed allowing teachers to defend themselves in the classroom.

It really is not surprising why doctors around the country are propping up the corrupt democrat party. Just look at the byproduct of the gender cult the DNC has started as they preach their gospel in every public school in the country as they watch gender confusion rise 4000% amongst the children. Those who dare to try and change their sex are in for a lifetime of very expensive medical interventions that are never ending. In short, the gender cult is big business in the medical field as the government wants to fund all of it, including abortions. The medical community also benefits from such things as mandatory vaccinations, etc.

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