According to a recent survey, doctors think that more than 20 percent of medical care in the U.S. is unnecessary, writes Albert L. Fisher, M.D., of Oshkosh, Wis., president of the Association of American Physicians […]
Today, your doctor is likely to be a “stranger at the bedside,” making decisions according to the “new morality” of bioethics, rather than the traditional Oath of Hippocrates, writes Jeffrey Hall Dobken, M.D., M.P.H., in […]
Hospitals and health plans are government-protected and favored businesses, and as Americans increasingly suffer from high costs and other problems, the effects of government intervention are under scrutiny, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D, in the […]
In repealing the automatic Medicare physician fee cuts called the SGR (Sustained Growth Rate), Congress replaced it with something worse, in the opinion of ophthalmologist Kristin Held. M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal […]
The Louisiana legislature is considering a bill that would give physicians the same due process rights as citizens accused of a crime, instead of treating them as guilty until proven innocent, states the Association of […]
To view letter and list of signers: click here. To add your name as a supporter: . The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) sent a letter today, signed by 1,125 doctors and patients, […]
Three bills moving rapidly through the California legislature threaten to outlaw certain treatments that may be offered by physicians or other therapists, or sought by patients, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). […]
Newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar says that President Trump wants “big and bold” health care changes. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) agrees that such changes are long […]
Drugs and medical devices may cost ten times as much in the U.S. as in other advanced countries, and the most basic essential drugs are increasingly scarce, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons […]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider its appointment of a vice president of the nation’s second largest Pharmacy Benefits Management firm, CVS […]
