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Physicians Propose 10 Solutions for Improving Affordability and Quality in American Medicine

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 […]

New York Threatens Prison for Vaccine Refusal

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 […]

Hospital Ownership of Doctors Could Compromise Patients’ Interests

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 […]

Physicians Need to Turn Their Face to Patients

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 […]

AAPS Proposes Freedom for All vs. Medicare for All

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) […]

Forced Vaccination Unnecessary, Violates Human Rights

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 […]

Virginia Governor Contradicts Oath of Hippocrates

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 Proposes Involuntary Servitude for Medical Professionals

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 […]

Physicians Ask Senate Finance to Address Kickbacks, Other Factors Driving Up Drug Costs

Citing unaffordable costs of common, essential drugs such as insulin, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) provided testimony for the Jan 29 Senate Finance Committee hearing on high drug prices. The answer is not a government-run pharmaceutical industry, but rather unleashing the “competitive market forces that provide abundant options and push prices down […]

Physician Organizations Urge IRS to Stop Penalizing Patients Who Bypass Insurance Middlemen

In response to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) request for feedback on a proposal to allow employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) to pay premiums for ACA-qualified individual health plans, physicians overwhelmingly asked the IRS to put patients first. To the extent that the proposal increases patient options, “it is a step in the right direction,” […]

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