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The AMA is everything that is wrong with American Healthcare. They have enforced the Physician monopoly to the point where its cronyism. There is a reason Phy

The AMA is everything that is wrong with American Healthcare. They have enforced the Physician monopoly to the point where its cronyism. There is a reason Physicians make 300k/yr.

ryandrake 8y ago
But it’s good for the members of the profession, which is the point of its existence. No doubt a similarly structured “programmers’ guild” would be equally good—for programmers.
- stale2002 8y ago
  It would only be good for the programmers who kiss the ring and the already priviledged. It will screw over everyone else. I will never ever support an organization that puts up artificial barriers to what is currently a very open work industry. I would join the group just to sabotage it if they tried to keep out bootcampers or people without a CS degree. Anyone should be allowed to program.
  - ForHackernews 8y ago
    IMO, there should professional licensing gated by an exam, similar to the accounting or actuarial professions. Anyone who can pass the exams gets in. But the flip side of being a real profession is you're liable if you store passwords in plaintext.
  - llampx 8y ago
    On the other hand, they are the reason a doctor or lawyer trained in India can not come to the US and directly start practicing, aside from the Indian lawyer not knowing US law, which they could potentially learn just as they learn java. No negative sentiment implied here. I am an immigrant myself.
barbecue_sauce 8y ago
Specifically, the RUC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_Society_Relative_Value_Scale_Update_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_Society_Relative_Val...
- moate 8y ago
  It's too bad nobody ever thought to create an Independent alternative.../s As much as both parties gave lip service to healthcare reform, they both supported cutting the independent advisory board on pricing before it even got a chance to get started.

The AMA is everything that is wrong with American Healthcare. They have enforced the Physician monopoly to the point where its cronyism. There is a reason Physicians make 300k/yr.

ryandrake 8y ago

But it’s good for the members of the profession, which is the point of its existence. No doubt a similarly structured “programmers’ guild” would be equally good—for programmers.

stale2002 8y ago
It would only be good for the programmers who kiss the ring and the already priviledged. It will screw over everyone else. I will never ever support an organization that puts up artificial barriers to what is currently a very open work industry. I would join the group just to sabotage it if they tried to keep out bootcampers or people without a CS degree. Anyone should be allowed to program.
- ForHackernews 8y ago
  IMO, there should professional licensing gated by an exam, similar to the accounting or actuarial professions. Anyone who can pass the exams gets in. But the flip side of being a real profession is you're liable if you store passwords in plaintext.
- llampx 8y ago
  On the other hand, they are the reason a doctor or lawyer trained in India can not come to the US and directly start practicing, aside from the Indian lawyer not knowing US law, which they could potentially learn just as they learn java. No negative sentiment implied here. I am an immigrant myself.

barbecue_sauce 8y ago

Specifically, the RUC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_Society_Relative_Value_Scale_Update_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_Society_Relative_Val...

moate 8y ago
It's too bad nobody ever thought to create an Independent alternative.../s As much as both parties gave lip service to healthcare reform, they both supported cutting the independent advisory board on pricing before it even got a chance to get started.