For patients who do not want all their medical data on the internet in these days of frequent cybercrime, Philip Eskew, D.O., J.D., M.B.A. offers some suggestions in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Under the HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) of 2009, patients […]
In a letter to President Trump, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) writes that reports on “surprise billing” make an effective emotional appeal, but legislation is actually being pushed by insurers to protect themselves against having to pay a fair market price for services patients need. The reason patients get unexpected bills from […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has provided reform-minded Congressmen a one-page outline of ways to “increase options, encourage competition, and unwind unsustainable spending in American medicine.” https://aapsonline.org/10-solutions-to-increase-options-encourage-competition-and-unwind-unsustainable-spending-in-american-medicine/ Americans need more choices, not fewer, AAPS states. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) prevents patients from choosing more affordable and desirable alternatives to the costly […]
According to an order signed today by Oxiris Barbot, M.D., New York City Commissioner of Health, all persons, adults or children, who live, work, or reside in 11205, 11206, 11221, and/or 11249 ZIP codes, and who have not received the MMR vaccine, “shall be vaccinated against measles” unless able to “demonstrate immunity to the disease […]
In 2003, 40% of physicians working at hospitals were independent. Now fewer than one in five physicians are independent, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the spring issue of in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. A 2018 Survey of America’s Physicians reported that 57.5% of physicians “do not agree that hospital employment of […]
Janus, the ancient Roman god of beginnings and transitions, doorways, endings, and time, was depicted as having two faces: one looking backward to the past and one looking forward to the future, writes Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D., in the spring issue of in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. “Janus was sometimes used to […]
Republicans having reneged on their campaign promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), while ACA has failed to deliver on its promise of affordable care to all, what comes next? The most vocal Democrats clamor for Medicare for All, and Republicans appear to be in disarray. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) […]
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 […]
New Hampshire has introduced legislation that essentially requires all licensed and actively practicing “health care practitioners and facilities” to accept as many uninsured and Medicaid patients as everyone else, or pay a penalty, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). The bill, HB 693-FN, requires the commissioner to conduct an annual audit of […]