Florida Medical Association Considering Split from AMA Due to Support for Healthcare Reform

Written by Jaimie Oh | July 23, 2010

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The Florida Medical Association will discuss cutting ties with the American Medical Association at its annual meeting next month due to the AMA's support of the healthcare reform package, which was passed in March, according to a report by The Hill.

A resolution states that the AMA "failed to achieve one single concession" in the reform bill and "fail[ed] to lead and represent America's physicians and the American People on the signature medical legislative issue of this century."

The FMA instead supports Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's lawsuit which called into question the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.

The FMA's next annual meeting will be held on Aug. 13-15. The organization has declined comment about the resolution until then.

Read The Hill's report on FMA potentially cutting ties with AMA.

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