Re: 100 Years of Medical Robbery
From: PF Riley (pfriley_at_watt-not.com)
Date: 06/13/04
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Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:11:50 GMT
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 01:41:37 -0400, Paul Antonik Wakfer
<tom@morelife.org> wrote:
>http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1547
>
>Excerpt:
>
>"The American Medical Association (AMA) was founded in 1847 around two
>propositions: one, all doctors should have a "suitable education" and
>two, a "uniform elevated standard of requirements for the degree of M.D.
>should be adopted by all medical schools in the U.S." [1] In the days of
>its founding AMA was much more open--at its conferences and in its
>publications--about its real goal: building a government-enforced
>monopoly for the purpose of dramatically increasing physician incomes.
>It eventually succeeded, becoming the most formidable labor union on the
>face of the earth."
Excellent! I have a huge house, a summer villa, a boat, and two
awesome cars, and my wife doesn't have to work! Thank you, AMA!
PF, filthy rich M.D.
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