Mr. Ryan, We’ll See You, and Raise You $2 Trillion
by Jane M. Orient, M.D., Rep. Paul Ryan has gotten some very important things right. First, $1 billion may be real money, but it’s nothing compared to our federal deficit. We need to talk in […]
FLASHBACK: AAPS say Nixon’s 1974 $9 billion deficit “irresponsible”
This 1974 AAPS Newsletter article decries the fiscal irresponsibility of Nixon’s proposed budget deficit of $9.4 Billion. Compare that to the $1.6 Trillion ($1,600 Billion) estimated budget deficit of 2011! [Note the mention of the […]
Look who’s opposing physician-led reform of medical board
The Texas Medical Association recently tried to justify its opposition to HB 1013 – which passed the Texas House Public Health Committee by a 7-2 vote with the support of AAPS members, and which would […]
Medicaid Hurts The Poor, The Physicians and The Taxpayers
By Alieta Eck, M.D., In 1821, Josiah Quincy, a legislator in Massachusetts noted that the poor are of two classes. 1) Those who are wholly incapable of work– through old age, infancy, and sickness and […]
ObamaCare, Corporate Welfare, & Revolving Door Lobbying
President Obama fashions himself a scourge on special interests, yet the corporate and union lobby influence is ubiquitous in his “hallmark” legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In this podcast with Michael Ostrolenk, […]
VICTORY: 7-2 Vote Passes TMB Reform in the Texas House Public Health Committee
THANKS TO YOU, the Texas House Public Health Committee passed medical board reform by a landslide vote of 7-2. This bipartisan bill, CSHB 1013, was first on the agenda today and only two committee members […]
AAPS Director Attends Meeting on Combating Voter Fraud
SAN DIEGO, California, Apr 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For the past two years, ordinary American citizens from all walks of life rose up and marched under the banner of the Tea Party movement. The full […]
AAPS Asks Appeals Court to Declare ObamaCare Unconstitutional
In an amicus brief filed today in support of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s case against the Affordable Care Act (ACA), physicians ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to affirm the unconstitutionality […]
Victory Against Texas Medical Board
On December 2, 2010 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the Texas Medical Board, allowing AAPS v. TMB, based on its constitutional violations, to proceed. The Court restated the claims […]
Action Alert: Tell Senate to Defund ObamaCare
The time is now! The House passed H.R.1, a full-year continuing resolution, on February 19th. Due to hard work by AAPS and others they included provisions in it to defund ObamaCare. The overwhelming passage of […]
