Hoaxes, Scams, and Your Medical Care
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Hoaxes and scams have been dominating the news lately. We have a marginally known actor faking a hate crime supposedly to raise his Hollywood profile. His attempt to claw […]
Legislative Update 4/9/2019
By Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD Dr. Singleton summarizes the latest health care reform policies being debated on Capitol Hill during these opening months of the 116th Congress. Government Sponsored Health Insurance Programs Earlier articles have […]
New York Threatens Prison for Vaccine Refusal
According to an order signed today by Oxiris Barbot, M.D., New York City Commissioner of Health, all persons, adults or children, who live, work, or reside in 11205, 11206, 11221, and/or 11249 ZIP codes, and […]
AAPS Comments on Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals
April 8, 2019 Dear Secretary Azar, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule, “Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals,” RIN 0936–AA08. The Association of American Physicians & […]
10 solutions to increase options, encourage competition, and unwind unsustainable spending in American medicine.
In the Oath of Hippocrates, physicians promise to work for the good of their patients, according to the best of their ability and judgment, and to do no harm. We support a return to this ethic […]
AAPS thanks President Trump for declining to defend an unconstitutional law, the Affordable Care Act.
April 2, 2019 The PresidentThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) thanks you for declining to defend an unconstitutional law, the Affordable […]
Who Is Your Doctor?
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. People used to know who their doctor was. His name and phone number were on the wall or the refrigerator next to the telephone. He was there for you and […]
Rebates Should Flow to Patients NOT Middlemen
The Trump Administration is moving forward with implementation of the Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices it released last spring. Perhaps the most anticipated changes are policies that aim to curb the improper flow of kickbacks (aka rebates) […]
Hospital Ownership of Doctors Could Compromise Patients’ Interests
In 2003, 40% of physicians working at hospitals were independent. Now fewer than one in five physicians are independent, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the spring issue of in the Journal of American Physicians […]
Physicians Need to Turn Their Face to Patients
Janus, the ancient Roman god of beginnings and transitions, doorways, endings, and time, was depicted as having two faces: one looking backward to the past and one looking forward to the future, writes Marilyn Singleton, […]
