US GOVT'S BIAS AGAINST PRIVATE SECTOR MEDICINE - GO FIGURE. . . .

Federal regulations authorize "interim maintenance treatment" (methadone with minimal services for applicants on waiting lists) - 42CFR, Part8. The authorization, however, is limited to "program sponsor[s] of a public or nonprofit private [program]," and eligibility is limited to applicants "who cannot be placed in a public or nonprofit private comprehensive program . . . " How to explain this exclusion of for-profit programs and eligible applicants who seek their care? Why has the AMA not denounced this unprecedented _expression of hostility by the US government toward the profit-based practice (and the profit-oriented practitioners!) that overwhelmingly characterize medical care in America? Comments welcomed! RGN