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Change We Can Believe In? Not for Medical Marijuana Research

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. February 17, 2011.

So much for the American Medical Association's demand for clinical cannabis research.

DEA Forced to Scrub Misleading Info on the American Medical Association's Position on Marijuana

Charmie Gholson, AlterNet. December 7, 2009.

Activists get the DEA to remove obsolete information from its website claiming that the American Medical Association (AMA) still opposes medical marijuana

In Historic Shift, the American Medical Association Sees Value in Marijuana

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 14, 2009.

The country's largest physician group, the AMA, has reversed its long-held position that marijuana has no medical worth.

The American Medical Association Comes Around on Health Reform

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. July 16, 2009.

In an unexpected move, the AMA delivered a caveat-free endorsement of Obama's plan.

The Public Option Will Improve Private Health Insurance

Robert Reich, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.

Without the government as competition, the private sector has little incentive to improve.

Obama Must Take On the Giant Lobbyists Blocking Health Care Reform

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. June 15, 2009.

This is one of those battles that define the state of American democracy.

American Medical Association Tries to Walk Back Its Public-Plan Opposition

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. June 11, 2009.

The New York Times reported today that the American Medical Association (AMA) is opposed to the creation of a public health insurance option...

Doctors' Association Sues Insurers for Health Care Price-Fixing

David Rosenfeld, Miller-McCune Magazine. March 27, 2009.

The suit accuses WellPoint of artificially lowering payments to doctors and overcharging patients for millions of dollars in unpaid claims.

American Medical Association Picks Fight With Ricki Lake

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check. June 18, 2008.

Docs' resolution to ban home birth seen as "pushback" against talk show host.

How the American Medical Association Got Rich

Dana Ullman, North Atlantic Books. April 10, 2008.

The "AMA Seal of Approval" on drugs and food becomes a legal form of bribery.