UPDATE. Legislative session developments can happen quickly! Today HB 1967 moved from Subcommittee #1 to Subcommittee #2 of the House Commerce and Labor Committee. We have a new list of legislators for you to contact! Please […]
Opposition to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) continues to gain momentum as a top national medical news story. Nationwide, physicians from most specialties are voicing their views on the pitfalls and merits of Board Recertification and […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Stocks of hospital and Medicaid-contracted managed-care companies plunged on the announcement of Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. Some advisors consider this a “buying […]
December 28, 2018 Dear Commissioner Rettig, Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the proposed rule, REG-136724-17, intended to expand options for how employees can utilize Health Reimbursement Arrangement funds. The Association of American […]
In response to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) request for feedback on a proposal to allow employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) to pay premiums for ACA-qualified individual health plans, physicians overwhelmingly asked the IRS to […]
A global epidemic of attacks on ethical physicians, which endangers patients, was a focus of the 13th UNESCO World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law, held Nov 27-29, at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem. […]
On the first day of 2019 we lost a hero of American medicine, Curtis Webb Caine, Sr., M.D. Funeral and Celebration of Life service information is available here. President of AAPS in 1980-1981, Dr. Caine, […]
Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D. Health-related costs account for about 8 percent of the average household’s annual spending, up from 5 percent in 1984, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,[1] [1] and are a concern […]
Volume 75, no. 1 January 2019 That the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional is simply a fact, as AAPS argued in the lawsuit it filed days after ACA was enacted in 2010 (AAPS v. […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Paris is in flames over a fuel tax increase that would pile 30 cents onto the $7.06 per gallon price paid by citizens whose average monthly salary is $2,753.This […]
