Dear AAPS Members and Friends, The Commission on Presidential Debates is trying to put its thumb on the election again—this time by refusing to hold an in-person debate and insisting that the next debate be held virtually. There is no good reason to not hold the debate with the candidates appearing in person so that Americans […]
Update – September 1, 2020: Assembly Bill 890, expanding scope of practice for non-physicians, was adopted by the the California Legislature on August 31 and is now on the way to Governor Newsom’s desk for a signature. A veto is now the last chance to stop the bill from being enacted. If the profession stands together a veto […]
Dear AAPS Virginia Members and Friends, Delegate Dave A. LaRock has introduced a good resolution, HJ 5002, that will be heard in the Virginia House of Delegates Rules Committee on Thursday morning, August 27, 2020, at 9am (agenda). The resolution contains the following provisions: RESOLVED, That the General Assembly encourage that hydroxychloroquine should be made […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Earlier this week courageous physicians stood on the steps of the US Supreme Court to tell the world about the consequences of government bureaucrats blocking their ability to care for their patients during a pandemic. To say that what they had to say resonated with Americans would be a severe […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Back in June the Internal Revenue Service proposed long-anticipated regulations, stemming from Sec. 6 of a June 2019 Executive Order signed by President Trump. In large part the new rules make good changes that expand options for patients. For instance they allow Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) to couple with Direct […]
Update 3/22/2020: It appears that the flawed language has been removed from consideration! Now it is time to ask the Senate to ADD good language from S. 3112, the Personalized Care Act. Please contact your Senators ASAP with the following request: Please include S. 3112, the Personalized Care Act in the upcoming bill to address […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Capitol Hill appears to be implementing their rule, “never let a good crisis go to waste.” Early Saturday morning, at 12:51 AM, Speaker Pelosi forced a vote on a 110-page bill, the text of which was made available less than an hour earlier, at 11:57pm Friday night. The bill passed and is now […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, The Maine legislature is considering a bill, LD 2117, that would significantly expand the state’s Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program into a database of EVERY prescription dispensed to EVERY patient in the state. The bill language states: “No later than January 1, 2021, the department shall expand the program to include […]
The Good News: After you, your colleagues, and patients spoke out last month, the Texas Medical Board (TMB) scrappedplans to impose a minimum 10-business-day wait on patients seeking non-emergency care from an out-of-network physician at any hospital or surgery center in the state of Texas. The Bad News: The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) stepped in and imposed a similar […]
Because you helped speak out — and in spite of fierce opposition by those in the health care swamp who benefit from opacity — the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized rules proposed by President Trump that, beginning in 2021, will give patients access to actual prices for care at hospitals. Astronomical […]