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by nickff 4477 days ago
I think you are right that the AMA often ends up helping insurers in a number of ways, much like the California prisons guards' union which has interests that coincide with those of the prisons.[1] The way I look at industry-wide unions, they act as a tool for the companies to collude without direct communication.

[1] http://www.policymic.com/articles/41531/union-of-the-snake-h...