This shouldn’t surprise anyone.
House Democrats got some good news on health reform in the form of a key endorsement from an influential interest group: the American Medical Association (AMA).
The AMA endorsed the measure in a letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Thursday. “On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association, I am writing to express our appreciation and support” for the House bill, wrote Michael Maves, the AMA’s executive vice president and CEO.
“We urge members of the House Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means Committees to favorably report H.R. 3200 for consideration by the full House,” Maves wrote.
The endorsement of the nation’s largest physicians group could prove critical to the overall success of healthcare reform.