Beware of Taking Stimulus Money!
“If you take their money, they’ll tell you how wide to make the door,” said W.R. Keith, seventh-grade math teacher, c. 1958, concerning federal aid to education. “When you extend your hand to take the […]
Swine flu: pandemic or panic?
Public health officials are gearing up for a mass swine flu (H1N1) immunization campaign, first targeting children, pregnant women, and medical workers. The U.S. government has purchased 195 million doses of swine flu vaccine, and […]
AAPS News – July 2009
Volume 65, No. 7 July 2009 Once America’s pride, General Motors is now Government Motors. It is being dismantled by 31-year-old deputy car czar Brian Deese, who had never been inside an automobile assembly plant. […]
Current Status of CSHB 3816/CSSB 2336
CSHB 3816 Scheduled for Vote In Texas House Today, Thursday, May 14th Austin, Texas May 14, 2009 Committee Substitute House Bill (CSHB) 3816, authored by Rep. Fred Brown, was passed out of the Calendars Committee […]
CSHB 3816 Set for House Vote Wednesday!
Late last night the Committee Substitute House Bill (CSHB) 3816, introduced by Rep. Fred Brown to reform the Texas Medical Board, was passed out of the Calendars Committee. Thank God! It is scheduled to be […]
AAPS News – Sept 2008
Volume 64, No. 9 September 2008 ABOUT THE POWER Franklin Delano Roosevelt remarked that his programs “created powers which in other hands would be dangerous.” Since then, in the name of compassion, safety, protecting the […]
AAPS News – July 2008
Volume 64, No. 7 July 2008 EMR A NON-CONSENTED EXPERIMENT The biggest barrier to acceptance of the electronic medical or health record (EMR/EHR) is said to be physician resistance. Cost, of course, is one enormous […]
Insurers under investigation for fraudulent reimbursement rates
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuoma has issued subpoenas to Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealth, WellPoint, and other insurers in a broadening investigation of possible fraud in setting insurance reimbursements that cost consumers hundreds of millions of […]
AAPS News – Apr 2008
Volume 64, No. 4 April 2008 ELECTRONIC PANACEA The current Democrat front-runner for the Presidency has it in his “Blueprint for America” also: “lowering costs through investment in electronic health information technology [HIT] systems.” It […]
AAPS News – Nov 2007
Volume 63, No. 11 November 2007 HILLARYCARE, TAKE TWO Proudly referring to her scars from 1993, Hillary Clinton has put forth her reform proposal, and has clearly learned from her mistakes, writes Laura Meckler (Wall […]
