Thoughts - The Most Powerful (and Dangerous) Union in OZ

...is clearly the AMA.

Just think what power this beast has:

1. Ability to limit supply of doctors to ensure the demand cycle is never met, thus ensuring spiralling health care costs.
2. Ability to dampen training doctor numbers for the same reason.
3. They battle ANY attempt to remove their power in making clinical decisions (that nurses make (usually better) every day).
4. They've actively pushed/encouraged the extension of the standard Medicine degree to become a pre-med + Medicine approach - thus increasing the time lag in producing doctors and then ensuring they want to be paid heaps to cover their HECS debt.
5. They lambasted the State Govt when it proposed a swag of bonded placed for Qld doctors - they'd have no debt but would be compelled to practice in Qld for 4 years. What a dreadful suggestion???
6. Happily turn a blind eye to the pharmaceutic company kick backs they receive DAILY.
   

This control over the supply of doctors has to end - so come on Johnny, lets see you union bust the worst union in the country - the AMA.