By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD The new Medicare for All bill (H.R. 1384) has come and hopefully will go the way of the pet rock. Everybody now knows the basics: the government will take care of all medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, and long-term care services with no out-of-pocket expenses. The bill prohibits parallel private […]
An outbreak of measles in Washington State is the latest news hook for efforts to tighten vaccine mandates and oppose efforts, as in Arizona, to strengthen protections for informed consent and parental rights, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). In case states fail to follow California’s lead in eliminating all exemptions except […]
In supporting abortion up to the moment of birth and even after, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, M.D., a pediatric neurologist, has clearly renounced the Oath of Hippocrates, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). In taking this Oath, physicians promise to be healers, not killers, avoiding all deliberate harm to patients. The Oath […]
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018, AAPS became the first group to file with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the State of Indiana’s efforts to reinstate legislation signed in 2016 by then-Governor Mike Pence. Following our filing, 11 other organizations and 18 States, have also filed in support of Indiana’s petition. The U.S. Court of Appeals […]
Dear Senators, We write today in opposition to the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act, S. 693 and the companion bill, H.R. 1676, passed by the House and now before the Senate HELP Committee. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a national organization representing physicians in all specialties, founded in 1943. […]
Three bills moving rapidly through the California legislature threaten to outlaw certain treatments that may be offered by physicians or other therapists, or sought by patients, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Any counseling offered to any person, minor or adult, would have to encourage acceptance of same-sex attraction, even if unwanted, […]
About 30 percent of American women experience at least one abortion during their lifetime, yet sound, unbiased research on the psychological aftermath is seriously lacking, writes Priscilla K. Coleman, Ph.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Coleman, who is a professor of human development and family studies at […]
The medical world has become increasingly complex and confusing to patients. Non-physician clinicians who may be caring for them include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, typically nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and clinical nurse specialists, as well as allied health professionals who have obtained a Doctor of Philosophy or other doctorate in […]
After viewing the first presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) suggests some questions to be asked in the next two debates about health issues that personally affect all Americans. Voters should also query candidates for Congress. Private medicine. Do Americans have the right to use their own […]
In response to threatened boycotts of states with laws permitting sex-specific locker rooms and restrooms, AAPS released the following statement: “Public locker rooms and restrooms exist for the utilitarian purpose of hygiene, not to affirm the self-identified gender of certain individuals. These facilities are traditionally restricted to persons of the same sex for sound reasons. […]