Both a gay marriage ban and the US military Don't Ask Don't Tell policy create health disparities, and it is now the official policy of the AMA to oppose both. Details here.
More like this
It's a few weeks old, but I just came across this oped in the San Francisco Chronicle by Robert Restuccia and Lydia Vaias.
When I first heard about the American Medical Association (AMA)
opposing Obama's health care reform, I was troubled. I almost
wrote a post about it, but by the time I got home, I found that others
had beaten me to it.
Yesterday, the influential AMA (American Medical Association) announced that it would cease its opposition to the concept of medical marijuana and instead advocate for a change in federal classification of the drug.
Good for them (and for the rest of us)!