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 […]
By Richard Amerling, M.D. A popular definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result—could well be applied to the Sustainable Growth Rate. Understanding the origins of this failed policy […]
On April 3, 2015 AAPS submitted the below comments to the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC) in opposition to the proposed National Patient Tracking System, which will interlink patients’ private […]
April 15 is the deadline for the Senate to act on the “doc fix”—the Boehner-Pelosi bill, HR 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). CMS is holding Medicare claims until then, which is […]
Before leaving for recess, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill that repeals the 21 percent Medicare fee cut dictated by the Clinton-Gingrich “sustainable growth rate” (SGR), and replaces it with something far worse […]
Volume 71, no. 4 April 2015 When it appears that Democrats have lost the battle to socialize medicine, the Republicans ride to their rescue. ClintonCare was defeated in Congress when people found out what was […]
At a White House speech on Mar 25, Barack Obama said: “I’ve got my pen ready to sign a good, bipartisan bill—which would be really exciting. I love when Congress passes bipartisan bills that I […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. This week Congress will, for the 18th time, decide whether to cut doctors’ Medicare fees across the board, according to the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, “SGR”, formula (the Clinton-Gingrich sustainable […]
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes health care related bills introduced in the first half of March 2015. Two Bills Unanimously Pass the House On March 16, 2015, the bipartisan H.R. 876, Notice of Observation Treatment […]
By Richard Amerling, M.D. Anyone who believes central control of the medical system is a good thing should read the report from Venezuela in the Wall Street Journal. Here’s an excerpt: “His heart failing fast, […]
