A Voice for Private Physicians Since 1943
Physicians are outnumbered by lawyers in Congress 19 to 202. Help send more doctors to DC! Co-founder of the Doctors Tea Party, Wayne Iverson, M.D. has been a staunch opponent of ObamaCare and government-controlled healthcare. […]
Medicaid, the entitlement program meant to help states fund care for the indigent, now threatens to bankrupt states and force them to divert money from higher priorities like education and law enforcement. States face the […]
In letters to Colorado public health officials, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) opposes a rule requiring workers in health care facilities to have an annual influenza vaccination or lose their jobs. Workers […]
Tucson, Ariz. In 1966, the government was afraid that a lot of self-reliant, freedom-loving Americans would refuse to participate in a government medical plan. So President Lyndon Johnson forced insurers to cancel the private plans […]
Tucson, Ariz. Claims that American medicine is unsafe, inferior, and too costly are simply false, though constantly cited by proponents of universal, government-funded care, write physicians in the winter issue of the Journal of American […]
COSTA MESA, Calif., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Physicians and concerned citizens from across Southern California will participate in a Doctors Town Hall from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on May 14, 2011 at the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
