Perhaps, our fearless leaders at AMA are in a state of permanent denial about the membership numbers.

When I mentioned the declining membership on another forum a couple of years ago, Dr. Sandy Frank responded with a ranting post about how great the membership increases were and the increases were averaging 8% annually. Of course, those of us capable of reading reports and numbers knew better but (contrary to my nature) I chose not to argue the point with him.

I think all of the reasons presented here are valid, but so long as the AMA is percieved to be just a big insurance company they will have growth problems. Like some of our more prominent pols, AMA just has identity problems.

Cajun[8D]