A bipartisan group of senators led by Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is proposing a bill that would impose price controls on independent (“out of network”) physicians, under the guise of preventing outrageous “surprise bills” and medical […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. With all the talk about “evidence-based medicine,” you might think that doctors were becoming much more focused on rigorous science. But like the names attached to bills in Congress—such as […]
More than 200 physicians attended a Direct Primary Care Summit sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the energy in the room was palpable, writes Albert Fisher, M.D., in the fall issue […]
Promoted as simply a way to help the elderly pay their medical bills, Medicare has led to the federal government controlling the practice of medicine, writes Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D., in the fall issue of […]
More Democrats are lining up behind “Medicare for All” as the midterm elections approach, but the idea under different names has been proposed repeatedly since 1942, as shown in the timeline outlined in the fall […]
Submitted September 10, 2018 Comments on CMS-1693-P: Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Quality Payment Program and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019″ Dear Administrator Verma, We appreciate this […]
The answers to AAPS Single Payer IQ Test™ questions and relevant “take-home lessons,” are now available as a handy one-page (double-sided) study guide, to educate patients, friends, family, and voters who are hearing more about single-payer […]
Volume 74, no. 9 September 2018 A photograph of carriers of professionally made “I Am a Health Care Voter” signs heads a Forbes article about the most important mid-term elections “in our lifetime” or even […]
On September 6, 2018 AAPS filed an amicus brief in support of Dr. Courtney Morgan’s legal challenge against of improper seizure of patient records by the Texas Medical Board. Earlier this year, Dr. Morgan won […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD During the Supreme Court oral arguments in the challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s mandate to purchase health insurance, people laughed when the late Justice Scalia asked whether the […]
