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Help Put Dr. Alieta Eck on NJ Senate Ballot

Earlier this week we asked for your help contacting Gov. Christie to ask him to appoint Dr. Alieta Eck.  Despite the huge number of call, emails, and petitions in support of Dr. Eck the Governor […]

ObamaCare Train Wreck – AAPS News June 2013

Volume 69, no. 6 June 2013 Some health-reform advocates are still upbeat about the wonderful coverage soon to be available when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is fully implemented, even as the “most transparent Administration […]

Affordably Unaffordable Healthcare

By Annette Teijeiro, M.D. Now that 2013 is into the second quarter, we are well into some of the tax changes in preparation for the major unveiling of the new healthcare law, also misrepresented as […]

Hunger Games, HMO Style

By G. Keith Smith, M.D. – http://SurgeryCenterOK.com One of my partners, an ear nose and throat surgeon, resigned years ago from a particularly abusive HMO. He said, “never again,” as did all of the reputable […]

Does Medicare Want Your Doctor to Quit?

By: Alieta Eck, MD http://www.zhcenter.org I am a physician in private practice who enjoys taking care of elderly patients. Because most retirees over age 65 who want to be insured have no choice but to […]

Death Panels Are Already At A Hospital Near You

By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. When advance health care directives (“living wills”) were popularized, the guiding principle was to allow patients to choose to “die with dignity.” But one man’s dignity is another man’s […]

Summary of April 20, 2013 Debate on MOC

AAPS Immediate-Past President Alieta Eck, MD, attended the Benjamin Rush Society debate in Philadelphia on April 20, 2013 on Maintenance of Certification and compiled the following summary: This debate laid out the case that ending […]

Pushing Sisyphus’s Stone in Healthcare Hades

By: Juliette Madrigal-Dersch, M.D. Twenty years ago, when I received my acceptance letter to medical school, the first thing I did was to call our family doctor and friend, Dr. Nelson, to tell him the […]

Death Panel Bill passes Texas Senate, moves to House

Death Panel Bill SB 303, which allows hospitals to impose "do not attempt resuscitation" (DNAR) orders against patients without their consent and even without their knowledge, was rushed through the Texas Senate today despite opposition […]