MDs and ODs Marking Territories in Washington

Within hours of hearing American Medical Association (AMA) leaders blame optometry and its allies for thwarting organized medicine’s best efforts to repeal the AOA-backed Harkin Law, an AMA committee called for an renewed effort aimed to repeal of the landmark AOA-backed measure (Public Health Service Act, Sec. 2706), which the AOA calls bars  anti-optometry discrimination by health plans. That's how the AOA see the meeting's results.  The AMA report can be found at http://newsfromaoa.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/i12-bot-report-08.pdf.