Middlemen claim to negotiate discounts on drugs and medical supplies for insurance plans and hospitals. “The money saved is supposed to … benefit patients,” explains Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD. But too often, the middlemen keep most or even all of the […]
In a letter to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and its Arizona State Chapter ask him to take a proactive stance on early or prophylactic treatment for COVID-19 […]
Doctors and public health authorities are still pushing flu shots, fearing a “twindemic,” but should you pause for thought? Some quip that COVID-19 is a great killer, having wiped a out deaths from influenza, heart […]
Vaccines are coming out at warp speed, but is the virus faster? It was feared that a new strain of COVID was loose on a mink farm in Denmark, so a million mink were killed, […]
Vaccines are being distributed by the millions, but can and should you get one, and where? Moderna is confident that it can produce 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021—enough to give two doses […]
The trucks are rolling, bringing pallets of COVID-19 vaccine to distribution centers. If you are in the 1A allocation group, you’ll be the first to get the vaccine. Should you take some precautions? A nurse […]
In an Action Alert to its members, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) warns that the so-called No Surprises Act is really an insurance company protection bill. “Poised to be rushed through in […]
If you are in the first allocation group, you might be lining up for your COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under an Emergency […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Anytime Congress claims it is protecting patients, the alarm bells should start sounding. The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” has of course harmed patients and increased costs. Likewise the […]
I hope a loved one is not incarcerated, but all of us need to be concerned about prison health, for humanitarian reasons and also because prisons are breeding grounds for contagious diseases. The Pfizer vaccine […]
