Two studies published in the July 14 issue of JAMA support new guidelines that could nearly double the number of Americans taking statin drugs to prevent arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), noted the Washington Post. The studies should be scrutinized critically, stated AAPS executive director Jane M. Orient, M.D. “Putting nearly half the healthy population on […]
Hospitals are gaining increasing power to control the practice of medicine, and the independent physician is increasingly disfavored in the “healthcare reform” environment. In the shocking case of orthopedic surgeon Raymond Long, M.D., patients were exposed to contaminated irrigation fluids provided by the hospital. The physician’s efforts to prevent further patient infections were thwarted by […]
Faced with increasing bureaucratic demands and declining revenues due to price controls, more and more physicians are opting out of Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance contracts, write neuro-otologists Gerard Gianoli, M.D., and James Soileau, M.D., and office manager Beth Soileau in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. In 2008, less than […]
After the Oct 16 hearings before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), issued the following statement: “The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) continues to deny that Ebola virus is a level-4 pathogen that can be safely handled only in a BSL-4 […]
The Obama Administration’s attack on coal-fired electricity, through draconian “carbon” rules imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), makes bogus claims about lives to be saved, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). The Administration is lumping together carbon dioxide—the basic building block of all living things and also a weak greenhouse gas—and […]
Lack of health coverage is said to kill, but there is surprisingly little evidence to support this claim, writes Linda Gorman in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. The 2002 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Care without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late asserted that 18,000 Americans died each year because […]
Although he supports board certification, which signifies successful completion of a rigorous training program, board-certified plastic surgeon Kenneth D. Christman, M.D., writes that demands for periodic re-certification or “Maintenance of Certification” are harmful to patients. The very expensive re-certification processes and examinations are doing nothing to improve the quality of patient care, he writes in […]
Update: AAPS filed the folllowing brief in opposition to government’s motion to dismiss on January 24, 2014: Click to access aaps-v-irs-01-25-2014.pdf ———— The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) has filed a lawsuit today in federal court to halt the unlawful revisions to ObamaCare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). The separation of […]
In today’s world, terrorist attack or other social or natural disaster could create a medical scene comparable to a battlefield, and bystanders may be the first responders, write Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., and Jane M. Orient, M.D., in the winter 2013 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. The bombing at the finish […]
Healthcare reform advocates often attribute high medical costs to fee-for-service payment, writes economist Linda Gorman of the Independence Institute in the winter 2013 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.” It is said that patients “want too much care,” and physicians “are too willing to fatten their pockets to provide it.” “Pay-for-performance systems […]