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AAPS News – Dec 2007

Volume 63, No. 12 December 2007 UNIVERSAL COVERAGE While many are preoccupied with fighting the Single-Payer bogeyman which is not too likely at the present time in the United States the real threat is unopposed, […]

AAPS News – Nov 2007

Volume 63, No. 11 November 2007 HILLARYCARE, TAKE TWO Proudly referring to her scars from 1993, Hillary Clinton has put forth her reform proposal, and has clearly learned from her mistakes, writes Laura Meckler (Wall […]

AAPS News – July 2007

Volume 63, No. 7 July 2007 IS MEDICINE RIPE FOR THE TAKING? A luscious prize it certainly is. Control of even a small portion of $2 trillion is extremely lucrative. Imaging alone cost $100 billion […]

AAPS News – June 2007

Volume 63, No. 6 June 2007 IS CONSUMER-DIRECTED CARE SAFE? Consumer-directed insurance products are beginning take off. The percentage of employers offering high-deductible health plans increased by 75% between 2005 and 2006, and membership in […]

AAPS News – May 2007

Volume 63, No. 5 May 2007 MANAGING DOCTORS Trying to address coverage and cost problems simultaneously is like “driving a stick shift car working accelerator and clutch together, to avoid either stalling or racing the […]

AAPS News – Mar 2007

Volume 63, No. 3 March 2007 “HANDS OFF OUR KIDS” Until now, most parents have accepted incremental government intrusions into family life and medical decision-making. But Governor Rick Perry of Texas crossed the line, igniting […]

AAPS News – Jan 2007

Volume 63, No. 1 January 2007 LINKAGE: EBM, EMR, P4P Physicians are not against science, or medicine based on evidence. Nor do they oppose technology, progress, efficiency, or knowledge of patients’ history and the medical […]

AAPS News – Nov 2006

Volume 62, No. 11 November 2006 QUALITY OR DEATH It is hard to be opposed to “quality” in housing, in physicians, in medical care, or in life. When people demand “universal access” to care, it […]

AAPS News – Sept 2006

Volume 62, No. 9 September 2006 NONPAYMENT FOR NONCOMPLIANCE British patients with coronary artery disease or diabetes and blood pressure greater than 150/90 or 145/85, respectively, or with a stroke or TIAs and cholesterol greater […]

News Release – DOCTORS OPPOSE AMA EFFORTS TO HALT MEDICARE PAY CUTS – September 13, 2006

September 13, 2006CONTACT:  Kathryn Serkes 202 333 3855 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                                                  [email protected] DOCTORS OPPOSE AMA EFFORTS TO HALT MEDICARE PAY CUTS �It�s NOT about the money� PHOENIX, AZ — A national physician association voted […]