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Physicians Health Programs (PHPs) are part of the medical regulatory-therapeutic complex intended to protect the public from impaired physicians. Initially, they were supposed to provide a benevolent means to treat physicians with substance-use disorders and […]
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) or physician-assisted death (PAD) are now receiving strong public support, writes Jeffrey Hall Dobken, M.D., M.P.H., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. He traces the history […]
Of the more than $3 trillion dollars per year spent worldwide on health services, an untold amount is drained through corruption, according to the non-governmental anticorruption watchdog Transparency International. Albert Fisher, M.D., comments on the sources of […]
An entry in the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) can end a doctor’s career permanently. It is critical for doctors to understand how this works, and patients ought to know what it means. In the […]
Health-related costs have soared from about 5 percent of the average household’s annual spending in 1984 to 8 percent now, writes Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D., in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians […]
In a Twitter sparring match with Jim Hanson, the president of the Security Studies Group, newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wrote: “Actually, we have for-profit ‘death panels’ now: they are companies + boards saying […]
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon asked CVS and Aetna to keep operations distinct, while he reviewed public comments on the settlement. Comments submitted by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in a […]
Politicians promise to lower costs and assure quality medical care, but voters need to beware. Here are some common misconceptions about Medicare for All: Myth: Medicare for All would get rid of profiteering insurance companies […]
Medicare for All is said to be a popular issue with voters, and the “Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act” has attracted 123 sponsors, all Democrats. In a detailed analysis, San Antonio ophthalmologist Kristin […]
Many Americans are afraid that they won’t be able to get health insurance if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed because they have a pre-existing condition. They forget that millions of Americans had their […]
