CSHB 3816 Set for House Vote Wednesday!
Late last night the Committee Substitute House Bill (CSHB) 3816, introduced by Rep. Fred Brown to reform the Texas Medical Board, was passed out of the Calendars Committee. Thank God! It is scheduled to be […]
Action Needed Now: Texas medical board bill
PLEASE: Your phone calls and emails are needed IMMEDIATELY. This Thursday, May 14th, is the DEADLINE for passing medical board reform, CSHB 3816, by bringing it to a vote in the House. The House Calendars […]
Is it time to calm the hysteria on H1N1 “swine flu”?
Public health officials have been warning for years about the constant threat of a worldwide pandemic like the “Spanish flu” of 1918. About 100 million people died, or 5% of the world’s population. The U.S. […]
URGENT: May 5th hearing re: Texas Medical Board
This Tuesday, May 5th, the Senate Health & Human Services Committee will hear SB 2336 (the companion bill to HB 3816), in order to rein in the abusive power of the Texas Medical Board. SB […]
Sham Peer Review in Action
At the Oct 23 town hall meeting, the administration of Down East Community Hospital gave everyone a first-hand demonstration of sham peer review. Its prime hallmark is that the accused is presumed guilty from the […]
AAPS News – Apr 2009
Volume 65, No. 4 April 2009 THE ISSUE IS FREEDOM The defining issue for Americans is freedom: not equality, efficiency, quality, power, security or even prosperity. Freedom, Henry Grady Weaver’s “mainspring of human prog-ress” did […]
Ministry of Information “held harmless” by contract
If patients die as a result of health information technology (HIT) defects, the clinicians will be liable—not the vendors. Hospital administrators have signed contracts with “hold harmless” clauses that protect their HIT vendors. At the […]
SENATE VOTES ON HEALTHCARE RATIONING: Efforts to Oppose Defeated Along Party Lines
The Senate had a flurry of voting on amendments to the Budget Bill yesterday, including one extremely important vote that could have helped to stop government rationing of medical care. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) offered […]
Stop the Senate From Sneaking Socialized Medicine into the Budget Today
URGENT ACTION NEEDED! Stop the Senate From Sneaking Socialized Medicine into the Budget Today Contact your Senators NOW – the vote could come any time [SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PAGE TO POST YOUR COMMENTS] […]
HHS Secretary nominee pushes HIT’s role in data mining even as new report of stolen electronic medical records surfaces
On Tuesday, HHS Secretary nominee, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, confirmed her support for the use of electronic medical records as a way of data mining patient information. During the Senate hearings on her confirmation, Gov. […]
