Nurse RaDonda Vaught received a sentence of three years’ probation after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult in an incident that occurred on Dec 26, 2017. For the nurse, this ends years of wondering whether she would spend 8 years in prison, but not the questions about the […]
Under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has jurisdiction over only three crimes: treason, counterfeiting, and piracy, writes Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) General Counsel Andrew Schlafly in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. “The Founders would be shocked at the degree to which the federal government is […]
By Gerard J. Gianoli, M.D. – http://earandbalance.net Medical errors are taken very seriously by the medical profession. It starts early in training at M&M (Morbidity & Mortality) Conference. During M&M, each complication and death is presented before the entire department of students, physicians in training, and professors. The cases are scrutinized and criticized to see […]
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD summarizes recent healthcare-related legislative activity on Capitol Hill. If Anyone Has Not Yet Heard About This The partial ObamaCare repeal passed via reconciliation, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, H.R. 3762, was vetoed by President Obama. The House attempted to override the veto on February 2, 2016 but […]
The Obama Administration has gone far beyond the bounds of a civilized society in attempting to compel the Little Sisters of the Poor and others to facilitate abortion-inducing drugs, argues the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. AAPS filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in strong support of the religious […]
The antihumanist agenda of progressives has recently become apparent from news relating to both ends of human life, writes nephrologist Richard Amerling, M.D., president of AAPS, in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. “The ‘death panels’ came back from the dead with news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]
Patient privacy is under siege, and the latest intrusion is by States that are building massive databases of patient records. About 16 States want to be Big Brother in constructing health care databases to monitor their residents. This puts patients’ privacy at grave risk of disclosures that could ruin their careers. A federal appellate court, […]
A $5.7 million jury verdict for wrongdoing perpetrated on behalf of management at a Southern California hospital remains in effect, now that the California Supreme Court properly rejected an attempt to overturn it. The verdict resulted from a scheme to frame a physician with a bag of illegal drugs and a loaded gun planted in […]
In the case of Hines v. Alldredge the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided with Texas regulators to prevent a veterinarian from giving free advice by email to pet owners around the world. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed an amicus brief today, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to […]
The New York State health department has plans: to control the cost of hospital care, and to rescue the state’s malpractice insurance carriers. In 2006, the “Berger Commission” (the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century) decided that certain hospitals must close and others must merge, backing up its decrees with threats to […]