AMA skeptical of Obamacare

Since Barack Obama became president, private industry has been largely submissive to our expansionist-in-chief.

So I'm pleasantly surprised that the AMA is standing up to him.

The nation's largest doctors group isn't sold on President Barack Obama's call for a public health plan and could be a hurdle to his reform efforts.
Dr. Nancy Nielsen says the Chicago-based American Medical Association has "major concerns about government control over health care decisions." Nielsen is president of the AMA, which Obama will address on Monday.

Nielsen said the AMA wants a system that offers "affordable, high quality health insurance." But she said reform of the private insurance market is likely the best way to achieve those goals. She stopped short of saying the AMA will lobby to block Obama's plan. Nielsen said the AMA wants to hear more details.

UPDATE 5:00pm CST: It's not just the AMA who is skeptical of Obamacare. Add several Democratic senators, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Federation of Independent Business to the sure-to-grow list of those who have problems with government-run health care.

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