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“Drain the swamp” is what the voters want, but a lame-duck session of Congress is scheming to sneak through one of the most lobbied bills in history. The misnamed CURES Act has had three lobbyists […]
American physicians have already been declaring independence from Medicare, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), but the imposition of new payment methods may lead to a rush to imitate the British in exiting the regime of a remote, unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy.
Electronic Health Record Incentives Compared with a Bear Trap in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Physicians who accepted government money to purchase a “certified” electronic health record (EHR) system are facing demands to […]
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. The ACA has been seemingly off Congress’ radar since the veto of Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, the last attempt […]
By Tamzin Rosenwasser, M.D. Buddy Dyer, a government worker in Orlando, stated, at approximately 12:30 PM on Sunday, June 12, 2016, soon after the mass shootings in Orlando, that the most important thing right now […]
AAPS filed an amicus brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of patients’ rights to the privacy of their medical records. The question before the court is whether the Court will review the […]
Today, November 24, 2015, AAPS along with the Citizens Council on Health Freedom, and individual physicians, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States asking the court to review the Sissel […]
On Monday July 13, 2015, AAPS filed an amicus brief asking the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court ruling allowing patient medical records be turned over to the federal […]
Hearing Description: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee questioned CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner on the status of Healthcare.gov and the Affordable Care Act. She relayed to the committee members the around the clock […]
Heritage Foundation Issue Brief summary provided by The Market Institute. The Heritage Foundation issued a brief (Issue Brief #4032) about privacy concerns as it relates to the Affordable Care Act. The brief cites a report […]
