Volume 75, no. 9 Dr. Robot is visiting patients in some places but could be displaced by Dr. Alexa, the virtual assistant in Amazon smart speakers, who is already able to perform certain health-related tasks. “She” can track blood glucose levels, describe symptoms, access post-surgical care instructions, monitor home prescription deliveries, and make appointments at […]
In the case of Warren v. Dinter, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a physician acting on behalf of an Obamacare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) can be held culpable for the “reasonably foreseeable” result of “not opening the gate,” reports Robert W. Geist, M.D., a retired physician residing in Minnesota, in the fall issue of […]
Patients who receive a “surprise medical bill” are surprised because they thought they had insurance, and that the insurer was supposed to pay. As Tamzin Rosenwasser, M.D., explains in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, most people do not have true medical insurance. What they have is a pre-paid medical […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Now that the Russia collusion story has lost its glow, the left’s narrative du jour is that anyone expressing a contrary opinion is a racist. It is so exhausting! What is a racist, anyway? A racist believes that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Bernie Sanders is strongly promoting “Medicare for All,” and claims to be its father (“I wrote the damn bill,” he proclaimed to the nation during the second round of Democratic Presidential debates). His plan does not look like Medicare at all. It appears that he hardly knows anything about Medicare. […]
August 21, 2019 The Honorable Nancy VanderMeerWisconsin State AssemblyPO Box 8953Madison, WI 53708-8952 Dear Representative VanderMeer, Thank you for your service to the citizens of District 70 and the State of Wisconsin. We are writing today to suggest an amendment to your bill (AB 70) seeking to extend Wisconsin’s participation in the Interstate Medical Licensure […]
Generic medications are supposed to save money. And drug plans offered to Medicare patients are also supposed to help seniors afford their medications. But the secret that the insurance industry doesn’t want seniors to know is that Medicare patients and taxpayers are leaving $19 billion dollars, or more, on the table by trusting insurance and […]
After Blue Cross of California indicated that it would cover needed care for a patient enrolled in a plan it administered, the insurer refused to pay the patient’s neurosurgeon. This case is now on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and on August 18, 2019, AAPS submitted an amicus brief […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. In an effort to cut carbon emissions from burials and cremations, the state of Washington, led by staunch environmentalist Governor Jay Inslee, became the first U.S. state to legalize human composting. To think, people can be criminally prosecuted for disrespecting a human corpse, a symbol of a once-living person. […]
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is asking for feedbackon solutions for “Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients Over Paperwork.” AAPS will be submitting ideas to CMS, but your help is needed to help make the most of this opportunity. Here’s how you can help: 1) Copy the below template comments. Secretary Azar and […]