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MORNING MESSAGE
Sameena Mustafa
What does the American Medical Association (AMA) have in common with Sen. Mitch McConnell? Both refuse to support Medicare for All, the single-payer universal health care program proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal. A recent poll reveals that 70 percent of Americans favor Medicare for All, yet the AMA’s position suggests that a majority of doctors do not. In fact, 56 percent of doctors expressed support for single-payer health care in a separate poll. The AMA has a long record of being on the wrong side of history. They refused to admit Black physicians up until the civil rights era. They also voiced strong opposition before the passage of Medicare and Medicaid, calling those programs "socialized medicine." The AMA must drop its opposition to Medicare for All and stop funding the corporations and lobbyists that put greed over patient need. We need its leadership and members to truly live up to the AMA motto to “[promote] the betterment of public health” by supporting a single-payer system.
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