Preach it, brother. The AMA lost my dues years ago. They often send me JAMA by mistake and I take great relish in pitching it in the can, sight unseen. I don't even read the essay about the cover art anymore.
The AAFP makes their medical journal and their practice mgmt magazine extremely accessible to everybody online, and I have gotten a lot of good from both, so I feel like I get something from them in exchange for my dues.
However, I know of nobody in "organized" medicine who has anything bold or creative to say about ridding medicine of the economic and regulatory parasites that are robbing the vigor (and joy) of the profession.
It's a real shame: some of the best and brightest young doctors I know have fled private practice over the last few years to work in rural emergency rooms and acute care clinics. One guy I know left medicine to go to law school!
Brian
The frustration for me is there are already organized groups which should be fighting for exactly what we are talking about: The AAFP, AMA and AAP, etc.
