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57 articles about Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
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More than 550 Physicians Join Together in Call for Reopening America, Reports The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
5/29/2020
In a letter sent to Vice President Mike Pence as Chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force as well as to Governors across the United States, more than 550 physicians from all 50 states "urgently request that our country's businesses and schools be allowed to reopen."
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Patients Need to Choose Whether to Take Hydroxychloroquine, States the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS)
5/28/2020
In what appears to be an escalating war against the use of hydroxychloroquine to protect against COVID-19, permitting over-the-counter use under an emergency Executive Order may be the only way to allow patients to protect themselves, states the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons.
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If President Trump Can Take the Medicine, Why Can't Doctors, Nurses, and Nursing Home Patients, Asks the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS)
5/19/2020
President Trump disclosed that he was taking hydroxychloroquine to protect himself against COVID-19—with the approval of his physicians.
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Bipartisan 'Reopen' Coalition Plan Would Paralyze America, States the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
4/30/2020
A bipartisan coalition mostly made up of former government officials is promoting a $46 billion plan to "reopen the economy." In a letter sent to congressional leaders, the coalition wrote that the key is to "test, trace, and self-isolate." The plan calls for hiring 180,000 new contact tracers, "until a vaccine for COVID-19 is on the market." The group recommends that "primary care providers become a referral source for testing and contact tracing."
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“Don’t Jail Doctors for Healing Patients,” Texas Physicians Tell Governor Abbott
4/16/2020
In the past few weeks the State of Texas has issued orders that sharply limit the ability of the state’s physicians to take care of their patients, according to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, which has written a letter urging Gov. Greg Abbott to revoke these harmful rules.
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Weigh Risks and Benefits of COVID-19 Response, Advises Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
3/21/2020
A new group called US Healthcare Providers for Federal Action Against COVID-19 has launched a petition on change.org calling for an immediate national quarantine.
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Freedom Needed to Combat Coronavirus, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
3/10/2020
The coronavirus pandemic shows the effect of government interference with free-market solutions, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Testing is widely available in South Korea, which has more of a free market, while testing remains mostly unavailable in the United States. Convenient drive-through testing in South Korea has enabled it to react quickly and effectively to an ominous outbreak there. But for week
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Rep. Adam Schiff Sued by Physicians for Censoring Vaccine Debate
1/15/2020
Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Adam Schiff has abused government power and infringed on their free-speech rights.
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'Surprise Billing' Laws Will Gut Emergency Care, Predicts Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
12/10/2019
Congressional Republicans, led by Sen. Lamar Alexander, are reportedly tacking a "surprise billing" provision onto a budget bill. This amounts to federal price-fixing, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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Trump Administration's Sunshine on Hidden Prices Will Benefit Patients, States the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
11/18/2019
Prices of medical care are too often unknown until the patient receives the bill after the fact, so the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons thanks the Trump Administration for rules issued last week to help shine some sunlight on the secret prices that hospitals and health plans try to keep hidden from patients.
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Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Responds to Elizabeth Warren's Challenge
11/4/2019
In her $52 trillion Medicare for All proposal, Elizabeth Warren would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and all state laws and regulations on private insurance, observes the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Instead, everyone would purportedly receive all necessary care, courtesy of the federal government, without worrying about the cost.
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Court Might Disconnect 'Obamacare' from Life Support, States the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
9/3/2019
While few people really like the Affordable Care Act—even Democrats running for President criticize it—it might require a federal court to actually terminate it, writes attorney Andrew Schlafly in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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"What is the 'Surprise' in Medical Bills?" Asks the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
9/3/2019
Patients who receive a "surprise medical bill" are surprised because they thought they had insurance, and that the insurer was supposed to pay.
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Medicare May End Price Discrimination against Independent Physicians, States Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
9/3/2019
If a Medicare patient gets a service performed in a hospital-owned facility, Medicare may pay far more than if the same service was done in a physician-owned clinic, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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'Magic Bullets' Failing in Medicine, Warns Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
9/3/2019
The antibiotic era began in the 1940s, and with these "miracle drugs" it appeared that mankind was winning what was perceived to be a war on microbes.
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Despised HMO Payment Method Making a Comeback, States Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
6/13/2019
Health Maintenance Organizations created the capitation method of payment, touted in the 1990s as the wave of the future, which would contain runaway medical costs, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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Compulsory Treatment for Doctors Needs Ethical Standards, States Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
6/12/2019
Moral injury and risk for suicide may result from physicians' perceptions of coercion in the treatment methods they receive in Physician Health Programs and "preferred physician treatment programs," and independent oversight and ethical standards are needed, writes psychiatrist Robert Emmons, M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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"Surprise Billing" Ban Protects Insurers, Not Patients, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
5/13/2019
In a letter to President Trump, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons writes that reports on "surprise billing" make an effective emotional appeal, but legislation is actually being pushed by insurers to protect themselves against having to pay a fair market price for services patients need.
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Association of American Physicians inducts two Feinstein Institute researchers
4/9/2019
The Association of American Physicians, a 134-year-old society of the nation's leading physician-scientists, has elected two Feinstein Institute for Medical Research physician-scientists Lance Becker, MD, and David Eidelberg, MD.
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Physicians Thank President Trump for Declining to Defend an Unconstitutional Law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
4/2/2019
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons has written a letter to President Trump, commending his decision not to defend the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.