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Re:Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine by CPLX on Sunday January 10, 2016 @09:29PM (#10878410)
Unions primarily engage in collective bargaining with the employers of their members. The AMA is not a union.
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Re:Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine by digbyloftus on Sunday January 10, 2016 @09:43PM (#10878454)
Very likely to be true and I wont disagree! I'm not actually even from the US so I'm unfamiliar with their scope. I disagree with the person I'm replying tos reasoning more than anything. Their objection was of a different nature than yours.
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Re:Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine by MaysonL on Sunday January 10, 2016 @10:18PM (#10878572)
You're right, it isn't a union, it's a cartel!
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Re:Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine by CPLX on Sunday January 10, 2016 @10:25PM (#10878598)
No, a cartel is a group of competing firms in the same industry that form an alliance.

The best analogy for the AMA would be something like a guild.

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