Volume 71, no. 9 September 2015 One author admits that he is “not shocked” by videos showing officials of Planned Parenthood speaking callously about the harvesting of fetal organs. “The fact that money is exchanged, and the question of whether this constitutes a ‘market,’ do not particularly matter to me,” writes Robert Oscar Lopez. “Well-educated […]
Volume 71, no. 7 Medicare, Title 18 of the Social Security Act, was signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson on July 30, 1965. A fundamental transformation of American medicine began. So did the consequences that AAPS predicted from the outset: accelerating costs and government controls. “The Medicare system has been a major catalyst […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane Orient, M.D. It was already apparent in 2014 that the Affordable Care Act forces people to buy catastrophic policies at first-dollar coverage prices. Less well known is that although the ACA requires health plans to spend 80% – 85% of premiums on medical care, corporate data […]
Volume 71, no. 6 June 2015 Some advocates of a “single-payer healthcare system,” notably Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), often begin with a scathing indictment of managed-care plans, including the complexities of dealing with dozens of them. (They know about these first-hand because they are enabling such plans by their participation.) We often […]
Keep the pressure on your Senators. Call them TODAY and tell them to vote NO on H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Click here for contact information for your Senators. Make no mistake: H.R. 2 bolsters ObamaCare’s control over patients and their physicians and empowers groups profiting from MOC. Your efforts are […]
You may want to tell your senators they really WILL be helping push grandma off the cliff if they vote for HR 2 when they return to DC after their Easter break!!!! Just before congress left for Easter break, they voted in HR 2, helping put in place ObamaCare for senior citizens with the rest […]
Physicians Pass Resolutions Opposing MOC & MOL In recent weeks both the Washington State Medical Association and the Medical Association of Georgia have passed resolutions in opposition to MOC and MOL. Add your state medical society to the growing list who oppose the Federation of State Medical Board’s (FSMB) new maintenance of licensure requirements (MOL) […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends: Last night I informed our 71st Annual Meeting program committee that — thanks to the phenomenal faculty and topics they've lined up for this year's event — we are about to set an attendance record. Committee Chairman, Dr. Richard Amerling, was NOT satisfied with that news. Why? He doesn't want to […]
When physicians received a booklet in the mail containing notice of a class-action settlement with Aetna, many of us tossed it in the garbage. We have posted a copy online for you here: http://aapsonline.org/judicial/aetna-terms.pdf. Shockingly, this settlement binds physicians unless they affirmatively opt out of it. This settlement is a fantastic deal for … Aetna, […]
Update: AAPS filed the folllowing brief in opposition to government’s motion to dismiss on January 24, 2014: Click to access aaps-v-irs-01-25-2014.pdf —————————— This morning, as HHS Secretary Sebelius testified in Congress about the catastrophic failure of the ObamaCare roll-out, AAPS filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service asking the court to prevent the IRS […]