Opinion

How Opioids Corrupted Organized Medicine

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Sep 7, 2024 The opioid epidemic would not have been possible without the cooperation of the House of Medicine, from journals to the AMA. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

The U.S. Health Care System Is a Case of Mass Malpractice

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Feb 24, 2020 Profit-seeking monopolists are working overtime to defend our corporate-run system, but most of us know exactly what they're about by now. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lawsuit: Trump Family-Planning Rule ‘Politicizes’ Medicine

DAVID CRARY / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2019 The AMA and Planned Parenthood oppose a rule barring family planning clinics funded by Title X from making abortion referrals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Drug Ads Surge as U.S. Medical Marketing Hits $30 Billion

LINDSEY TANNER / The Associated Press Jan 8, 2019 Doctors, industry clash on benefits of advertising drugs, devices, lab tests and hospitals directly to consumers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Frustrated AMA Adopts Sweeping Proposals to Cut Gun Violence

LINDSEY TANNER / The Associated Press Jun 12, 2018 The American Medical Association says gun violence is as menacing as a lethal infectious disease. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The American Medical Association Voted to Allow Guns in Hospitals That Treat Mental Health Patients

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2016 The United States' largest association of physicians recommends that hospitals and healthcare facilities allow guns and tasers in facilities that house patients with mental health issues. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Torture, Impunity and the American Psychological Association

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jul 16, 2015 This month, the APA released a stunning independent report that confirms what whistleblowers and dissident psychologists have maintained for close to a decade. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Guantanamo Doctors Said to Be Untroubled by Force-Feeding Prisoners

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 21, 2013 Amid calls for President Obama to allow independent physicians to visit hunger striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman for the facility said Thursday that no doctors working there had balked at feeding inmates against their will. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Proposed Rules Could Hamper Patient Protection

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2011 Last year's health care reform law promised to address the problem of the hundreds of thousands of patients killed each year by professional error Outside groups were to be allowed to analyze hospital conditions and publicly report on the quality of care But new rules proposed by (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Doctors Are Turning Left

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2011 While medical doctors are a historically conservative bunch, many physicians are beginning to lean left as they abandon the high costs and responsibilities associated with running private practices to take salaried jobs in hospitals, doctors' advocates say. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Talks Health Care Reform to the AMA

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2009 President Obama spoke to the American Medical Association on Monday, trying to win doctors over to his cause for health care reform. His speech came after the AMA declared that it would reject a government-sponsored insurance plan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The AMA Does Not Represent Us

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2009 As the American Medical Association begins its annual convention in Chicago, we want to take this opportunity to make it clear to the American public, to the media, and to the president and members of Congress, that the AMA does not represent us. In fact, the AMA represents less than one-third of America's physicians, and half of those are retired. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )