Press Releases
Mar 18, 2013
March 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement was issued by the Arizona State Chapter of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons: "Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer, like some other Republican governors who say they oppose ObamaCare, is pushing for implementation of a key feature of the Affordable Care Act: an expansion of Medicaid. "The media campaign features the standard formula of presenting hard-luck stories. An upstanding, hard-working citizen has, through no fault of her own, a serious illness, and has lost her insurance, right in the middle of treatment. The only answer: Enroll her in AHCCCS (pronounced 'access,' the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System,... read more
Mar 13, 2013
If allowed to go into effect, a March 1 notice from HHS (the Department of Health and Human Services) will eliminate Medicare payments for tests and referrals ordered by physicians not enrolled in the Medicare program, as of May 1. "Because of Medicare's increasingly costly and restrictive rules placed on doctors, many Medicare-eligible patients are receiving medical care from physicians not enrolled in the program," states Jane M. Orient, M.D., executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). "This looming change by HHS will deprive the patients of benefits for blood tests, x-rays, and specialist consultations—benefits for... read more
Mar 12, 2013
The editorial by New York neurologist Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., sets the theme for the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons: "It's Time to Stop Tyranny in Medicine." An onslaught of costly new requirements is facing physicians, tied to cuts in Medicare payments for noncompliance. These include e-prescribing, "meaningful use" standards for electronic medical records, reporting to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), and enrollment in "Maintenance of Certification." There is a 100% fee cut for physicians who do not use the complex International Classification of Diseases ICD-10 coding system by October 2014. Medicare will... read more
Mar 12, 2013
After a Mar 5 press event on the lawn at the Arizona State House of Representatives, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) issued the following statement: “In an event resembling President Obama’s promoting passage of his signature health care reform bill flanked by white-coated physicians, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer spoke to the press, backed up by dozens of physicians and nurses in medical attire, to promote passage of Medicaid expansion. “Representatives of several groups also delivered supportive statements. These included the Arizona Medical Association and the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association, neither of which had polled their members on... read more
Feb 26, 2013
In an amicus brief filed last week, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) argues that requiring Hobby Lobby to pay for drugs and devices with life-ending mechanisms of action is an unconstitutional violation of its freedom of conscience. The Affordable Care Act (ACA or "ObamaCare") requires that employer-provided health insurance cover, without co-payment, all items that the Food and Drug Administration labels as "contraception." However, many of these drugs or devices do not prevent conception or fertilization but rather interfere with implantation, thus ending a unique human life. The abortion-inducing drug ella can also end a life after... read more
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