Tag Archives: AMA

The question is, can we kill the Senate health care bill before the Senate health care bill can kill us?

By Mark | June 26, 2017

I’m not one to underestimate the political cunning Mitch McConnell, but it certainly looks like the Senate version of Trumpcare may be destined to go down in flames. [Which isn’t to say, of course, that we should stop fighting. If anything, it means that we should redouble our efforts.] Not only has it been slammed […]

Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged AARP, American Medical Association, Better Care Reconciliation Act, CBO, Congressional Budget Office, health care reform, healthcare, Kochcare, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare, Trumpcare | 9 Comments

Syed Taj, Muslim candidate for Congress, subjected to outrageous racist attacks

By Mark | October 29, 2012

Last week, when I noticed that the American Medical Association (AMA) had started taking out television ads in support of our friend Syed Taj, I knew that racist attacks from the right were inevitable. The AMA ads signaled to me that the race was close (as the AMA doesn’t invest in races that aren’t winnable), […]