Dear AAPS Members and Friends in Colorado, HB 21-1191, the COVID-19 Immunization Nondiscrimination Act or “CINDA,” is a good bill that would protect Coloradans from being subjected to COVID vaccine passports and from other forms of discrimination. Please send your Colorado state legislators a note asking them to support this important legislation. Stop government bureaucrats and big tech […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends in Texas, The Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee is considering an important bill today to help further reduce the counterproductive burden of MOC (Maintenance of Certification). SB 1502, introduced by Senator Dawn Buckingham, MD, would make the important change of requiring the Texas Medical Board to recognize a […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends in Arizona, AZ State Senator Kelly Townsend and Representative Bret Roberts introduced a strike-everything amendment to HB 2190. Her good amendment would protect Arizonans from being subjected to COVID vaccine passports. Please send your Arizona State legislators a note asking them to support this important legislation. Stop government bureaucrats and big tech from trampling your rights. You […]
Bureaucrats in DC and “big tech” are scheming to develop “vaccine passports.” Thankfully Governor DeSantis is among the leaders pushing back and standing up to protect the rights of American patients. “It’s completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply […]
HB 2029, legislation that hands unsupervised practice authority to nurse practitioners, is going to be heard by the Texas House Committee on Public Health on March 24, 2021. Please take a moment to stand up for patients and ask the committee members to oppose HB 2029. There are two important action steps we ask you to take: 1) […]
Dear Oregon AAPS Members and Friends, Concerns continue to mount that the actions of the Oregon Medical Board (OMB) are too often based more on politics and retaliation than on fulfilling its proper mission. It is critical for Oregon patients and their doctors that the OMB operate in a fashion that protects both patients’ safety, their […]
Amid a pandemic it is more important than ever to protect physicians from counterproductive requirements that do not benefit patients. Please help speak out in favor of legislation under consideration in Rhode Island to cut through such red tape imposed by Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements. H5191 aims to implement two simple common-sense measures: 1) Prohibits […]
Middlemen claim to negotiate discounts on drugs and medical supplies for insurance plans and hospitals. “The money saved is supposed to … benefit patients,” explains Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD. But too often, the middlemen keep most or even all of the difference. They call the discount a “rebate,” but in truth it is essentially a kickback. This hurts patients in a number of […]
The State of Arizona has been under Governor Ducey’s Declaration of Emergency for over 10 months. Executive orders issued under the State of Emergency have had many unintended consequences. Constitutional rights have been suspended. Small businesses have been destroyed. Students have been prevented from attending school. Patients are blocked from accessing needed medical care. Physicians’ right to prescribe […]
Good news! Senator Nancy Barto has reintroduced an important bill that you helped us advocate for last session. The legislation, SB 1271, would help increase Arizonans’ access to primary care as well as provide options for the thousands of unmatched medical school graduates whose careers are put on hold through no fault of their own. As […]