Congressional Republicans, led by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), are reportedly tacking a “surprise billing” provision onto a budget bill. This amounts to federal price-fixing, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). It protects insurers against having to pay a market-determined price for services, but endangers patients. “It should not be a surprise that […]
The Texas Medical Board (TMB) has proposed a 10-day waiting period for patients seeking care from independent out-of-network physicians. It purports to address an issue caused by non-payment by insurance companies, which has been mislabeled as a problem of “surprise” out-of-network medical bills. The fact is that independent out-of-network practices are often a less expensive […]
Prices of medical care are too often unknown until the patient receives the bill after the fact, so the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) thanks the Trump Administration for rules issued last week to help shine some sunlight on the secret prices that hospitals and health plans try to keep hidden from patients. […]
In her $52 trillion Medicare for All proposal, Elizabeth Warren would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and all state laws and regulations on private insurance, observes the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Instead, everyone would purportedly receive all necessary care, courtesy of the federal government, without worrying about the […]
Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats have been promising universal healthcare, which will cost more than $30 trillion to $40 trillion, or $52 trillion for the Warren plan. But it will supposedly save so much that we won’t be spending more than we do now, despite all the vastly expanded coverage. The various plans would end […]
In a letter to President Trump, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) thanks him for increasing the options available to Medicare beneficiaries, allowing them to access private treatment and insurance without losing their Social Security benefits. AAPS also agrees with the need for transparency, but emphasizes that patients need access to honest prices, […]
According to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the U.S. wastes between $760 billion and $935 billion on “healthcare”—up to 25 percent of $3.8 trillion. It estimates that interventions could save as much as $282 billion. The biggest source of waste is “administrative complexity,” accounting for $265.6 billion, but the […]
In stark contrast to Democrats who seek to push all Americans into socialized medicine, an Executive Order signed on October 3 by President Donald Trump takes bold steps toward increasing the ability of American seniors to choose the medical care and insurance options best for them, instead of being trapped within increasingly insolvent government-run programs. […]
It was the Republicans who got elected on the promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. They didn’t do it, and they blamed the Democrats. Who’d have thought that the Democrats might just get it done—quietly. “Medicare for All” would replace everything, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), Medicare, and Medicaid. Although “single payer” […]
The Medicare in the Sanders Medicare-for-All bill is not the same program that retirees were taxed for their entire working lives, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). In fact, it abolishes the current program and forces everyone, including seniors, into a new universal program that most resembles the Canadian system also called […]