Drugs and medical devices may cost ten times as much in the U.S. as in other advanced countries, and the most basic essential drugs are increasingly scarce, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons […]
Volume 74, no. 4 April 2018 The leading publication of organized medicine has published an extensive analysis of U.S. “health care” spending, which is twice as high per capita as in other comparable countries—although health […]
By Elizabeth Lee Vliet MD Most Americans have at some time been a patient needing medical care. How did you get the right help for what ailed you? Your doctor had to evaluate you and […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider its appointment of a vice president of the nation’s second largest Pharmacy Benefits Management firm, CVS […]
Sent 3/22/2017 Dear Senator Cassidy and Members of the Coalition on Transparency, We are encouraged by your willingness to work on solutions that will reempower patients too often on the losing side of policy changes. […]
The U.S. is said to be suffering from a crisis in deaths from opioid overdoses, prompting legislative and other efforts to clamp down on physician prescribing of these drugs. However, this effort is likely misdirected, […]
Physicians just out of residency, experiencing their first taste of independence, need to beware of traps in employment contracts, writes Philip Eskew, D.O., J.D., M.B.A., in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, MD: One of the fundamental design flaws (or is it a feature?) of the [Un]Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) is the tax on […]
March 12, 2018 Senator Ron Johnson 328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Johnson: As president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), I am contacting you about the Clinical […]
Volume 74, no. 3 March 2018 The Center for American Progress is proposing the next step toward the total government takeover of medicine: “Medicare Extra for All.” It calls the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “an […]
