Congress is back from its Independence Day recess for a few weeks before it goes on an extended break for much of August. Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD takes a look at the health policy debates heating up on Capitol hill during the brief Summer session: Big Negatives in the Lowering Health Care Costs Act of […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. People are dying all over the country from opioid overdoses. There’s a movement to have the antidote naloxone available in all ambulances and even over the counter. This temporarily reverses the fatal effect of opioids, which stop the patient’s breathing. First responders themselves may need a dose because of contact […]
After the July 9 oral argument in Texas v. Azar, supporters of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) worried that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals might rule the entire Act to be unconstitutional, upholding an earlier decision by District Judge Reed O’Connor. In an amicus brief supporting the state of Texas and other […]
There is an outpouring of Angst about the prospect that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals might rule the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional—or dismiss the appeal because the Trump Administration declines to defend the law and California and other intervenors lack standing. Then the District Court decision by Judge Reed O’Connor would stand, and ACA […]
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on July 9 regarding the decision holding all of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “ObamaCare”) unconstitutional, which had been rendered by federal District Judge Reed O’Connor. The challenge is pursued by Texas, 17 other states, and two individual plaintiffs who claimed to be harmed by […]
Volume 75, no. 7 July 2019 While “population control” is generally taken to mean preventing overpopulation, it also means subjugating, regulating, and controlling the behavior and thoughts of the people. And the two goals often overlap. The sensational 1968 book The Population Bomb by entomologist Paul Ehrlich, called the first end-of-the world book, predicted that […]
President Trump’s Executive Order, “Putting American Patients First by Making Healthcare More Transparent,” is most welcomed and necessary. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons thanks President Trump for identifying and seeking to reverse flawed policies that encourage third party payment and perpetuate the opaqueness that is plaguing American Medicine. We wholeheartedly cheer the section, […]
Volume 75, no. 6 June 2019 Litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the Commerce Clause and on religious liberty. Litigants and Justices have asked, “What is a tax?”, “Can we be forced to buy broccoli?”, or “Should nuns have to pay for contraceptives?” In its amicus brief before […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD June has been a month of reflection on life, death, our values, and the greater good. We commemorated the 75th anniversary of the 1944 Normandy invasion (D-Day), which began the liberation of France from German occupation and turned the tide of World War II. In what must have been […]
On June 9, 2019 AAPS filed an Amicus Letter with the Texas Court of Appeals in support of Dr. Robert Van Boven’s lawsuit seeking to compel the Texas Medical Board to remove false and misleading reports it made to the National Practitioner Data Bank. The letter reads in part: The Texas Medical Board (TMB) refuses […]