Earth to Berwick and Emanuel
By: Tamzin Rosenwasser, M.D. Donald Berwick, in charge of Medicare and Medicaid, says “Too many Americans are being harmed by care that is supposed to help them.” I say “Too many Americans are being harmed […]
The Doctor’s Story: Get the Government Out of the Way
WASHINGTON DC – The physician members of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons are on the front lines of patient care and know what works (and what doesn’t) for improving their patients’ access to […]
Mature Physicians May Quit Rather than Recertify
While most physicians are genuinely dedicated to constantly improving their skills, increasingly costly bureaucratic demands for recertification may cause many to say “Enough!” just as baby boomers retire and a physician shortage looms. In the […]
Premiums Up, Choices Down: The First Wave of Obamacare
By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D., Kaiser Family Foundation just released further bad news about the poorly named Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”). American families facing a bad economy, high unemployment, and crashing home […]
No Room for Medicare Patients
By: Jane M. Orient, M.D. When I went into solo practice of internal medicine in 1981, it was very easy to get a doctor to see a Medicare patient. All I had to do was […]
H.R. 2472 Health Care Professionals Protection Act of 2011
Please contact your member of Congress and ask them to support this bill. You can find contact information for your Representative at contactingthecongress.org/. Congress is currently on its August recess, but you can still reach […]
Government Job Creation Is Not Always a Good Thing
By Alieta Eck, M.D. When economist Milton Friedman observed mine workers in China digging a canal using shovels, he asked why they were not using modern machinery. He was told that this was a “jobs […]
Submit comments on Proposed National Patient ID Card
SEPT 6 DEADLINE – Comment now on proposed National Patient ID Card The Obama Administration may soon require all citizens to have a federally-imposed national patient ID card.The deadline for your comments is Tuesday, September […]
11th Circuit invalidates essence of ObamaCare
The Eleventh Circuit has rendered a stunning rejection of the heart of ObamaCare: its individual mandate. This 2-1 decision establishes that is unconstitutional for Congress to force citizens to buy a particular product, in this […]
We Know It Is Unconstitutional, But Thank You
By: Tamzin A. Rosenwasser, M.D., The eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling that the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” is unconstitutional in the case brought by Florida and 25 […]
