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The '''American Medical Association''' (AMA) is a non-profit business that garners perhaps 80% of its annual revenue from business activities, including the sale of coding [[Medicare]] books and the receipt of advertisements from pharmaceutical companies.

The '''American Medical Association''' (AMA) is a [[non-profit]] business that garners perhaps 80% of its annual revenue from business activities, including the sale of coding [[Medicare]] books and the receipt of [[advertising|advertisements]] from [[pharmaceutical]] companies.

It purports to speak on behalf of physicians when in fact only a small fraction of physicians are dues-paying members.  Its politics are increasingly [[liberal]], and President [[George W. Bush]] ended a tradition of speeches to the group by [[United States]] Presidents.

It purports to speak on behalf of [[physician]]s when in fact only a small fraction of physicians are dues-paying members.  Its [[politics]] are increasingly [[liberal]], and President [[George W. Bush]] ended a tradition of speeches to the group by [[United States]] Presidents.

The AMA was once a critic of [[partial-birth abortion]], but now sides with pro-[[abortion]] forces.

The AMA was once a critic of [[partial-birth abortion]], but now sides with pro-[[abortion]] forces. It is a strong supporter of the [[liberal]] "hot button" of [[gun control]].

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] ([[conservative]] doctor's association)

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