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AAPS Tells Court to Stop Federal Discrimination Against Self Pay Patients’ Access to Pain Medication

Uninsured and other self-pay patients are facing increasing difficulty filling legitimate prescriptions for medically-appropriate pain medications in part due to one-size-fits all rules being imposed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. As Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D., submitted as President of AAPS in comments to HHS in March 2019: “[T]oo often the unintended consequences created by […]

Expert Is a Four-letter Word

By Marilyn M. Singleton MD, JD – https://marilynsingletonmdjd.com The Earth is flat and the sun revolves around the Earth. Settled science. Liberal icon Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes legitimized the science of eugenics when he ruled that the interest of “public welfare” outweighed the interest of individuals in their bodily integrity. Science intersects with […]

COVID-19: No Right to Try Treatment?

If you take a loved one to a hospital for COVID, should you say a final good-by? The majority of people do get discharged, perhaps after weeks of isolation, often with chronic organ damage. But we are hearing heart-breaking stories from around the U.S. about patients who were denied early treatment, eventually admitted, and died, […]

COVID-19 Treatment: Tell Your Story

Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Following Thursday’s hearing, Chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (WI), in the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, awareness about the importance of patient access to early treatment for COVID-19 is gaining much-needed ground. We need your help to build on this momentum! Have you, a family member, close […]

The Most Important Senate Hearing Ever?

The most important Senate hearing of the year—or maybe ever—occurred on Nov 19. It’s about the urgent need for early home treatment for COVID-19. An abbreviated video is here: https://youtu.be/T_uaf7qavmw. The complete hearing is here: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/early-outpatient-treatment-an-essential-part-of-a-covid-19-solution. To empower physicians, clinics, facilities, and health systems to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, the following actions are immediately needed: 1) The October 9, 2020 […]

Heroic Testimony from Drs. McCullough, Risch, and Fareed

Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Yesterday we alerted you to a very important hearing in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs titled, “Early Outpatient Treatment: An Essential Part of a COVID-19 Solution.” A big “thank you” to Committee Chair Ron Johnson for holding this hearing. If you missed watching […]

COVID-19: Non-Treatment Is Proven Not to Work

I’m sure you are aware of the second wave of COVID-19 cases. It’s the Grinch that is stealing Christmas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is predicting up to 282,000 deaths by Dec 5. The standard nationwide U.S. policy of no treatment until patient is in hospital—promoted by public health authorities and reinforced by recent […]

Early Treatment Saves Lives

The NIH dangerously, and contrary to evidence, recommends no treatment for COVID-19 unless a patient is hospitalized and in need of oxygen. But thankfully, a growing number of courageous physicians across America and around the world are stepping up to put patients first by offering early treatment in order to reduce hospitalizations and save lives. One helpful development this […]

AAPS Warns against More Devastating, Unwarranted Lockdowns

This election year presents an unprecedented medical issue, observes the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS): whether Americans can go back to work and rebuild their lives and our economy, as President Trump promises, or endure a stringent, federally dictated lockdown, as they fear Joe Biden may impose. Joe Biden stated that “no serious […]

Election 2020: the ‘Healthcare’ Question

by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Americans’ top concern in the election is their ability to get medical care when they are sick or injured. The top candidates’ differences are stark.         President Trump is for choice—and also quality and cost. Without choice, people are stuck with whatever the system permits at whatever price it sets. With […]