Yes i am familiar with your reference and as tongue in cheek it is, it shows how deep the AMA's desire to eliminate chiropractic as a market force (so they may continue to monopolize healthcare) goes. If it wasn't for the supreme court ruling against the AMA in our favour, they may have succeded. Many don't know about these dirty dealing but for some really dry reading, here's a quick link:
Wilk vs AMA
the lightning bonesetter
"Following a decade of litigation, a federal appellate court judge upheld a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Getzendanner that the AMA had engaged in a "lengthy, systematic, successful and unlawful boycott" designed to restrict cooperation between MDs and chiropractors in order to eliminate the profession of chiropractic as a competitor in the U.S. health care system."