Message from AAPS President, Richard Amerling, MD
I take the helm of the good ship AAPS in turbulent weather and uncharted waters. A storm has been brewing in this country for the past 100 years, but recent events have created conditions for […]
AAPS Success in 2014. More to Come in 2015
Dear AAPS members and friends, Record attendance at our AAPS annual conference capped a year of achievement, as AAPS protects and promotes private medicine. With your support we will achieve even more in 2015. An […]
Will It Be a Prosperous New Year?
This Week’s Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. The developing White House economic narrative touts “the strongest economic growth in a decade.” But according to econometrician John Williams of ShadowStats.com, we […]
The President Signs Several Bi-Partisan Health-Related Bills Into Law
By Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD @MSingletonMDJD Among the bills presented by the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently signed into law on December 18, 2014 are: EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2014, HR 5185 reauthorize through […]
The Perils of Reenrollment
This Week’s Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Obama has come up with the 95% solution to make reenrollment figures look good: A senior federal official told CNBC that an estimated […]
ObamaCare’s Onerous Employer Reporting Requirements Begin Jan 1
The President’s unilateral delay of the employer mandate is about over, and businesses with 50 or more full-time employees will have to start filing detailed reports with the IRS in January 2015, notes the Association […]
Vermont Single Payer Confronts Economic Reality
Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that he will not pursue a single payer health care plan this legislative session or in the near future, expressing “huge disappointment.” The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) applauds […]
Pre-Emptive Surrender: Boehner Imitates Pelosi
This Week’s Health Policy News Roundup Curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Like the Affordable Care Act, the 1,600-page “CRomnibus” was rammed through the House in a hasty secret process. Members received the wording a […]
Which States Are Friendliest to Independent Practice?
In choosing a state in which to set up a practice, physicians should study tax and regulatory policy, writes third-year family medicine resident Philip Eskew, D.O., J.D., M.B.A. The winter issue of the Journal of […]
Gruber and Tavenner Praise ACA, Evade Questions at Oversight Hearing on Transparency
In the Dec 9 hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee brilliant MIT economist Jonathan Gruber and CMS head Marilyn Tavenner both displayed memory loss and lack of knowledge of key numbers. Both […]
