The Florida Medical Association decided Sunday after two days of heated debate not to break off relations with the American Medical Association, officials and delegates said at the conclusion of the event.
Instead, FMA will send AMA a letter describing just how unhappy it is with the national group’s actions on health reform.
In a formal written statement, Executive Vice President Timothy J. Stapleton said that the FMA letter will convey a vote of “no confidence.” “The FMA House of Delegates strongly believes that the American Medical Association has failed to represent practicing physicians on the issue of health care reform.”
One of the delegates, Tampa surgeon Michael Wasylik, said, "Doctors are really, really, really upset with the AMA. Doctors are so angey they can't see straight.
And not seeing straight is a bad place for a surgeon to be.
