AMA Chief: Health Bill Still In Early Stages : NPR

AMA Chief: Health Bill Still In Early Stages : NPR: "The American Medical Association, which last week backed the House Democrats' version of a bill to overhaul health care, endorsed the measure not for what it is now, but for what it may yet become, the group's president says.

'We did not believe that the bill that was introduced was going to be the final bill, but we also believe that this was too early to call the bill and say, 'That's it, we're not going to play anymore,'' AMA President Dr. James Rohack tells Robert Siegel. 'We believe, like a baseball game, we're in the second inning.'

The AMA's support of the measure was seen as remarkable because of the group's long history of opposition to a federal government role in health care. The AMA has worked against the health-care plans of Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton."