The American Medical Association (AMA) recently voted to reaffirm its support of compulsory health insurance. A majority of AMA delegates proved oblivious to the fact that whenever and wherever mandatory insurance schemes are implemented they invariably: a) taint doctor patient relationship with high degrees of bureaucratic intrusion and paperwork, b) lead to loss of physician professional autonomy c) erode patient responsibility and choice.
Doctor dissatisfaction in countries such as Germany and even Switzerland, recurrently demonstrated by
research studies and surveys is but one symptom of the many ills brought about by mandatory insurance.
As is generally the case for most medical corporate groups seasoned to lobby trade-offs in various parts of the world, AMA representatives end up bowing to power, even if this means betraying the legitimate interests of front-line working doctors and of suffering patients
Cent visions de la liberté à portée de main dès le 20 septembre en librairie. Libres, édité par "La Main Invisible" aborde des thèmes aussi divers que les taxes et les impôts, l'égalité homme-femme, la désobéissance civile ou les systèmes de soins. Les cent auteurs de cet ouvrage hors normes partagent le même amour pour la liberté et le même désir d'en debusquer les ennemis. 
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