“When Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling was tried and shot for abetting the Nazi occupation of his country during WWII, his name entered the vernacular as a synonym for ‘collaborator.’ It is difficult to think of a more appropriate adjective to describe the health care ’stakeholders’ who have been genuflecting at the altar of ‘reform’ since the Obama administration marched into Washington last January. While actual patients have protested at town hall meetings and organized demonstrations against Obamacare, the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, America’s Health Insurance Plans and a variety of other industry groups have been hard at work currying favor with their new masters. The most transparently self-serving of these stakeholders has been the AMA.” (10/22/09)