Apples and oranges. AMA membership is not the same as a baseball game. He's objecting on the grounds that he is paying for "x" amount of benefits and not receiving them. For example if you paid for an extended warranty on your car for three years and only got two, would you find this acceptable? I didn't think so. Same thing for AMA membership... if I were to pay for a full years membership with benefits, I expect to get to get a full years membership with benefits, regardless of when I sign up. My car club does it, my insurance companies do it, my phone company does it, etc. Why can't the AMA?