On Apr 28, Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona shot down the basic cornerstone of state-based efforts to replace “ObamaCare” with free-market approaches to lowering costs and improving quality. She vetoed a bill (S.B. 1593) allowing small businesses and individuals to buy medical insurance across state lines, just as most larger companies already do under the […]
Tucson, Ariz. Not so long ago, hospitals were primarily workshops for physicians, and both hospital administrators and physicians were working for a single purpose: healing the sick. But now many hospitals—whether tax-exempt (“nonprofit”) or not—have become big businesses. Their first priority is bringing in more revenue from government and insurers, and decreasing their expenses. Physicians […]
Tucson, Ariz. Hitler’s personal physician didn’t start out as a monster, observes Lee Hieb, M.D. Like Karl Brandt, she is an orthopedic surgeon. Brandt may be the only person sentenced to death by both sides after World War II, Hieb writes in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (http://www.jpands.org/vol16no1/hieb.pdf). When he repented of his […]
Some Wisconsin doctors have offered, at a public event, to write sickness excuses on request for protesting teachers, according to ABC News. A spokeswoman said that they knew they could “get in trouble,” but would take the risk because “teachers have no choice.” The teachers’ choice is to go to work, or go without pay […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons joins with Americans of all political persuasions in condemning the violence that gravely injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at a “Congress on the Corner” event, and took the lives of Judge John Roll, 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green, and four others. We pray that Congresswoman Giffords and the other injured citizens […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) became the first medical society to sue to overturn the newly enacted health care bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). AAPS sued Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint and more information about the suit are posted at […]
Today a jury in West Texas is hearing evidence that a nurse, acting in bad faith, tried to run a doctor out of town by filing an anonymous complaint with the Texas Medical Board. The case is Texas v. Mitchell, No. 5612 (Andrews County, Texas, presiding Judge Jim Rex). The case is making national news, […]
The 2,000-page “Obamacare” agenda is stalled, but some want to try to jump-start “reform.” Republicans introduced a 200-page substitute for H.R. 3962, which failed on a vote of 176 to 258. Now the President plans to meet with Republican congressional leaders. “A bipartisan clunker is still a clunker,” says George Watson, D.O., President of the […]
November 16, 2007 For Immediate Release: Expect dangerous reactions when children are treated like cattle Washington, D.C. — The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons today condemned the “vaccine roundup” executed in Prince George’s county Maryland this week, and promised to do everything it can to support parents who refuse to immunize their children. “This […]
September 13, 2006CONTACT: Kathryn Serkes 202 333 3855 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: [email protected] DOCTORS OPPOSE AMA EFFORTS TO HALT MEDICARE PAY CUTS �It�s NOT about the money� PHOENIX, AZ — A national physician association voted today to urge Congress NOT to take any action to stop slashes in physician payment that are scheduled to go […]