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, […]
Re: SB 276, the elimination of physicians’ right to determine medical exemptions for vaccines
To: California Legislators The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons strongly opposes this proposal (SB 276) to require patients to submit to government-ordered medical treatments without informed consent, even when a physician certifies that […]
Doctor Robot for You, Real Doctor for Me
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD A couple of years ago, computer programs, algorithms, and glorified Google searches were touted as the replacements for a physician’s analysis of a patient’s medical condition. Compressed medical research […]
Comments on Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices
To: Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM Chief Medical OfficerOffice of the Assistant Secretary for HealthU.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dear Dr. Singh and Members of the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force […]
AAPS News March 2019 – Informed Consent and Free Speech
Volume 75, no. 3 March 2019 Our Founders put the First Amendment first because without free speech there is no liberty. Without apparently unanimous support, tyranny is threatened. Dissent must be silenced. In medicine, informed […]
Free Medical Freedom Membership for Patients
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Lower Rx Costs for Texas Patients
ACTION ALERT – Yes to HB 460 – Lower Rx Costs for Texas Patients HB 460, will allow Texas physicians the ability to dispense medications in their office. Nearly every other state permits physicians to […]
