Dear AMA, You're saps and a big part of the health care problem for not standing up to the insurance companies who run your lives

The American Medical Association (AMA), the lobbying group for doctors, is opposed to the public option in health care reform:

While committed to the goal of affordable health insurance for all, the association had said in a general statement of principles that health services should be “provided through private markets, as they are currently.”

Fools.

It's amazing how much control theinsurance industry has over the medical profession. Insurance company bureaucrats regularly overrule doctors. And, the AMA thinks they should.

Two years ago, I ended up in the emergency room following an allergic reaction. I found an allergist (one of the best in D.C.) in my insurance plan. He prescribed me a Twinject EpiPen in case of another attack (there's this whole thing about it not being able to breathe being a "life threatening" situation.) Yet, my insurance company, CareWorst (the same one John has), denied the payment. When I called, the Blue Cross bureaucrat told me that my doctor hadn't authorized the prescription. I said to the insurance company bureaucrat, first, he's your doctor. He's in your system. Second, he prescribed it. How could he not have authorized it? I need a prescription to buy it. But I was informed, my bad and my doctor's bad. He hadn't filled out a separate form so they weren't going to cover it. (How was I to know that my doctor needed to fill out a special form?)

That stuff happens all the time. I don't want my doctor worrying about filling out forms. I want him to provide medical care, which he does very well. Ask any doctor or employee of a doctor how much time they spend dealing with insurance companies. It's insane. And there is no recourse. The insurance companies are accountable to nobody.

But, the AMA still wants insurance companies to rule their world. Idiots. They sure don't teach common sense in medical school.