If anyone thinks that the AMA was created and exists for "the public interest", rather than to enforce and profit from its medical cartel, give this a read:

https://mises.org/library/100-years-medical-robbery

Most people are unaware that prior to the Progressive Era (which never ended, only metastasized unchecked), all sorts of things usurped by the State were handled privately. Welfare, unemployment, life and a form of medical insurance were all provided by fraternal organizations, private organizations voluntarily supported by dues-paying members.

These sorts of organizations were long a prominent feature of American society, and along with professional certification outfits (e.g. Underwriter's Laboratories) were, of course, far better than the bloated, corrupt gaggle of apparatchiks that now afflict us.

Were government-enforced cartels in medicine, law, etc. to be abolished, private organizations would arise to replace them in short order, and all of us (except, of course, the apparatchiks) would be better off for it.

Progressivism, like all forms of collectivism, is little more than a scam to enrich Paula at the expense of Paul, and bamboozle Paul and vast herds of his fellow rubes into cheering for it.