Thanks to your help, SB 1184 was approved in a hearing by the Florida State Senate Committee on Health Policy, and the Florida House subcommittee on Professions & Public Health approved the House companion bill, HB 687. Despite these wins, […]
Despite federal rules that now require hospitals to post prices, many facilities are refusing to disclose their rates. The bottom line is that this lack of transparency hurts patient access to affordable care. That’s why HB […]
Greetings AAPS Members and Friends in Arizona, This Wednesday morning, Feb. 9, at 8:30am, the Arizona State Senate Health and Human Services Committee will be holding a hearing that will include discussion on a number of important bills […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, There have been increasing reports of patients being kicked off organ transplant lists because they have refused COVID vaccination. To put a stop to this violation of basic medical ethics against some of the […]
GOOD NEWS! Thanks to your help, SB 1184 / HB 687 was approved in a hearing by the Florida State Senate Committee on Health Policy on January 26th! While this was a nice win, time is short to get the bills across […]
Too often government regulations seeking to solve a problem end up creating new ones. That is what has happened with an Arizona law that currently imposes harmful one-size-fits-all limits on the options of physicians treating pain patients. The truth is […]
Update 4/6/2022: CMS has issued a new FAQ with minor clarifications about the rules: https://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Resources/Regulations-and-Guidance/Downloads/Guidance-Good-Faith-Estimates-FAQ-Part-2.pdf For example, FAQ includes discussion about situations where diagnosis codes are not required to be included with an estimate: “[I]n […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Late last month the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 550, the “Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.” Proponents in Congress criticized for voting for the bill, spin their action with slippery statements like […]
Organizations like AAPS and Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) have for decades helped protect your medical privacy by successfully blocking the implementation of a national patient ID. But our efforts are at grave risk of […]
Your help is urgently needed to speak out against the vaccine passports and mandates spreading across the nation. It is unacceptable to impose requirements to show proof of vaccination simply to participate in society. Send […]
