As someone who had to license CPT codes for my own (now dead) medical billing app I can say unequivocally that the AMA is laser focused on getting their money.

As someone who had to license CPT codes for my own (now dead) medical billing app I can say unequivocally that the AMA is laser focused on getting their money. We had to pay a fee per user just so clerks could more easily process Medicare claims. Without a doubt the U.S. Federal government created a state-sanctioned monopoly in the AMA. That a private organization gets to profit from a public program (and much more) by having control of what amounts to an index table is nuts.