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This 7-page paper discusses universal health care coverage and the impact of the American Medical Association's Political Action Committee (AMAPAC) on this topic. Also included are a history of both AMAPAC and nationalized health care, as well as recommendations as to how AMAPAC can better formulate its agenda. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the preoccupations of both the U.S. medical community and American citizens in general. The idea of a single-source insurance coverage (backed by the U.S. government) has appeal, yet it hasnt
passed. Many presidents throughout the 1900s have tried to introduce legislation promoting government-sponsored health care coverage, with Congress invariably shooting such legislation down. And Congress is generally backed by several
lobbying groups and PACs - one of those being the American Medical Associations Political Action Committee (AMAPAC). These days, however, even AMAPAC
knows something has to be done about health care coverage. While this PAC isnt exactly reversing its stance against universal health coverage, loss of AMA members, combined with current trends
in the industry and a disgruntled public, are beginning to change the stance of both AMAPAC and the AMA. AMAPAC - An Overview/History/Funding
In order to follow the history and overview of AMAPAC, we need to also examine the history of the American Medical Association itself, as AMAPAC is a direct outgrowth
of this physicians group. The AMA, founded in 1847, was created to lend a voice to physicians - at the time, the
field of medicine was not a very stable one, with almost anyone hanging out a shingle and calling themselves a doctor (American Medical Association, 2003). The AMA, with its code
of ethics and calls for higher medical education standards, worked slowly to change all of that (American Medical Association, 2003). Although the
AMA had worked with government almost since its inception (and even fought government once in awhile, especially on issues such as nationalized health care reform), it wasnt until 1943, when
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