The public relations campaign to support Medicaid expansion frequently uses testimony by patients with serious medical conditions who have lost their private insurance. It is assumed that once they qualify for Medicaid, they will easily […]
By Jane Orient, M.D.: Republican governors are following the script of Obama and Clinton in their campaign strategy for the Medicaid expansion that is needed to implement ObamaCare: The cast of earnest white coats and […]
Volume 69, no. 4 April 2013 As of Mar 13, 25 states were said to be participating in the Medicaid expansion provided for in the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare), according to the Advisory […]
By: G. Keith Smith, M.D. http://SurgeryCenterOK.com. Years ago, I hired a carpenter to build a deck in my backyard. He showed up with a pencil behind his ear, a spiral notebook, and a tape measure. […]
Longtime AAPS member Rand Paul, M.D., who spoke at our annual meeting in 2009, won the first major Presidential straw poll for 2016 at CPAC today. Congratulations, Rand! Ideas do matter. It is interesting that […]
If allowed to go into effect, a March 1 notice from HHS (the Department of Health and Human Services) will eliminate Medicare payments for tests and referrals ordered by physicians not enrolled in the Medicare […]
The editorial by New York neurologist Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., sets the theme for the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons: “It’s Time to Stop Tyranny in Medicine.” An onslaught […]
Volume 69, no. 3 March 2013 We often hear about the phenomenal exponential growth of digital technology, with the implicit assumption that the doubling will continue—unlike exponential growth phases in nature, which are part of […]
By: Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. My long-time self-paying patient opined that the end of fee-for-service payments (payment for what you get) was imminent. I lightheartedly asked her how physicians would be paid. Would they […]
In an amicus brief filed last week, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) argues that requiring Hobby Lobby to pay for drugs and devices with life-ending mechanisms of action is an unconstitutional violation […]
