AMA maintains its opposition to single-payer systems

Modern Healthcare: The American Medical Association will remain opposed to proposals for the U.S. to create a single-payer healthcare system. The group voted narrowly to maintain its stance on Tuesday at its annual House of Delegates meeting.

Delegates of the largest physicians' organization voted 53% to 47% against adopting an amendment to remove the AMA's formal opposition to a single-payer healthcare system, ending days of contentious debate that pitted the organization's leadership against a contingent represented largely by medical students.

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