Representative Charles Mc Call Speaker of the House Room 401 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Dear Representative Mc Call, As president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, I am writing […]
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD wraps up Congress’ 2017—and looks at what’s ahead for early-2018—in her last legislative update of the year. All eyes over the last several weeks have been on tax reform. The Tax […]
This week’s health policy roundup, curated by Dr. Jane M. Orient. President Trump claims it did, and its opponents say it has destroyed the “centerpiece”—the individual mandate. In 2019, the IRS can no longer penalize […]
Right to Work laws, in effect in 28 states, provide that no person can be compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or not to join, nor to pay dues to a labor union. […]
Now that the ACA individual mandate penalty is about to be relegated to the trash heap of policy failures, additional reform is vitally needed to expand patients’ options for access to high-quality, lower-cost medical care. Opportunity knocks […]
Legislation to stop MOC abuse has been introduced in the Virginia House of Delegates! House Bill no. 157 is a strong measure that would prevent hospitals and insurers from discriminating against physicians based on whether or […]
The federal court in the Northern District of Illinois has granted leave to the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) to provide more detail as to how Maintenance of Certification (MOC) harms patients. AAPS v. […]
The individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) mandate “represented a grand bargain between the government and the insurance industry,” writes Doug Badger. “Insurers agreed not to base premiums on applicants’ medical […]
Tucson, Ariz. Women’s response to the experience of abortion involves many complex factors, writes Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, and coworkers […]
Click here for Part I. Click here for Part II. By Michael J. A. Robb, M.D. To innovate, physicians must be free from the shackles of third-party oppression, exponentially rising numbers of “administroids,” and the […]
