AAPS, an association of physicians whose membership spans the nation, and a nationwide organization of patients and doctors who support health freedom for patients and doctors filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States, on October 9, 2013, in support of the Liberty vs. Lew challenge to ObamaCare.
The brief reads in part:
Since 1943, Amicus Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. (“AAPS”), has been dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship. AAPS believes Section 1501 of ACA (“Individual Mandate”) and Section 1513 of ACA (“Employer Mandate”) are unconstitutional and deserve this Court’s attention. If upheld, the Mandates will undermine, in fundamental and dangerous ways, the practice of medicine and harm patients. … Certiorari is appropriate because the Mandates are void, i.e. non-existent, based upon the failure of Congress to adhere to the lawmaking procedures specified in the Constitution. Article I, Section 7 prevents: (1) the Senate from originating revenue bills, id. at cl.1 (“Origination Clause”); and (2) Congress from simultaneously enacting a provision and revision of that provision within the same bill id. at cl. 2 (“Presentment Clause”).
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