Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Patients in Texas have been hurt by the high cost of prescription drugs, even if they have insurance. For example, many patients choose not to fill prescriptions due to cost. HB 1240, by Representative Dr. […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends in Oklahoma, Last May, quietly and nearly unanimously, the Oklahoma legislature passed SB 1369, a bill that threatens the medical privacy of all Oklahomans. Shockingly, only two Senators and ten members of the House of […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends in Florida: We have two important updates to our alert from earlier this week. Update 1: In addition to the crucial bills mentioned below (HB 1403 and SB 1580) that protect […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Texas patients’ access to primary care continues to worsen. In 2019, 129 of Texas’s 254 counties identified as a shortage area for primary care, and as of July 2021, that […]
Dear Missouri AAPS Members and Friends, A dangerous bill, SB 41, is headed for a vote in the Missouri Senate. It is being debated on the floor this very evening. Patient safety has already been undermined by […]
State medical boards are increasingly seeking to improperly punish physicians for political reasons, like for speaking out about harmful COVID mandates. A physician in Minnesota, Dr. Scott Jensen, for example, is now under investigation by […]
Dear Missouri AAPS Members and Friends, Please take a quick moment to speak out and ask your legislators to oppose provisions in HB 348 that push Missouri into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. The Interstate Medical Licensure […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends in Arizona, Your help is once again needed to stop a harmful bill from passing through the Arizona legislature that would decrease your control over your personal health information. Last session, […]
Hospitals and other corporate entities that increasingly employ physicians, like insurance companies, too often trap physicians and their patients by coercing doctors to sign anti-competitive non-compete clauses. In short, these harmful contract terms prohibit medical professionals […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends in New Jersey: The New Jersey legislature is considering allowing non-physicians (specifically, Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs)*, including nurse anesthetists) who have significantly less training than MDs and DOs, to provide medical […]
