Bernie Sanders has been accused of flip-flopping on union members’ access to private health insurance. This misses the main point. Sanders is giving impassioned speeches about how all other civilized nations have universal, taxpayer-funded “healthcare.” But what he doesn’t say is that almost all those countries have a private option also. Only Canada outlaws private […]
August 21, 2019 The Honorable Charles GrassleyChairman, United States Senate Committee on Finance219 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington DC, 20510 Dear Chairman Grassley: We are grateful for your work to find market-based solutions to lower the cost to patients and taxpayers of medical care and medications. Thank you for introducing S. 1227, the Prescription Pricing for […]
Are you a small practice stuck in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and anticipating penalties for not using a certified EHR or perhaps not having an EHR at all? AAPS would suggest investigating opting out of Medicare to leave MIPS behind. If opting out isn’t currently an option, you might want to consider obtaining […]
Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma, Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the Request for Information concerning “Reducing Administrative Burden To Put Patients Over Paperwork,” CMS-6082-NC. We appreciate your efforts to reduce unnecessary paperwork in order to “unleash the most powerful force in our healthcare system for improving health outcomes: The clinician-patient relationship.” We […]
Please take time during the month of August to speak out against bills that claim to address surprise medical bills but in reality hand control to insurers and reduce patient access to independent physicians. The good news is that most Americans already see through the smokescreen. As a recent survey reports: “eight in 10 Americans […]
In the give and take of politics, the Democratic debaters emphasize the “give”—the “take” not so much. To get to universal healthcare, what would you have to give up? Your employer-provided, tax-free medical insurance—right away for Bernie’s plan, in a few years for the others Prompt surgery for agonizing pain—read how “Amy” suffered for years […]
In the second round of Democratic presidential debates, all the candidates were passionate about “universal healthcare.” But the moderators’ probing went no further than private insurance benefits negotiated by labor unions. Additional questions should be asked: Will people be allowed to keep their employer-provided insurance if they do not belong to a union, or to […]
In this month that we celebrate Independence Day, there are two anti-freedom bills winding through Congress that especially need your attention. 1) S. 1895, the so-called Lower Health Care Costs Act, contains a number of counterproductive and unconstitutional provisions. One of the worst of them scapegoats physicians for surprise bills caused by insurance company narrow networks. It hands insurers the power to dictate fees and […]
President Donald J. TrumpThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: The end of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be a great benefit to Americans. The best outcome in Texas v. Azar would be for the Court to dismiss the appeal for lack of standing by the Appellants who support ACA. […]
The first Democratic presidential debate could barely scratch the surface. All 10 candidates say they favor universal health care as a human right, but what does this mean? Follow-up questions to ask: 1. How many private health plans would you cancel? Should plans that duplicate Medicare-for-all coverage be outlawed? What about Direct Primary Care (DPC) […]