By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD My new year’s resolution is to expose the hypocrisy of the morally superior politicians whose election strategy was to pretend they cared about crafting policies in the country’s best […]
January 15, 2019 The following comments by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) are in response to the call for public input on the draft report from the Continuing Board Certification: Vision for […]
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 […]
