Category Archives: health care reform

Tom Price to Speak in San Diego Aug. 31

The California Chapter of AAPS invites you: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Healthcare Legislation Overview: America Speaking Out

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What to Expect Under the Reign of Berwick

by Richard Amerling, M.D. Since our Imperial President installed Donald Berwick at the head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the dead of night before the July 4 weekend, bypassing even so much as a hearing, … Continue reading

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How Dr. Berwick Will Control Your Doctor & You

By  Richard  Amerling, MD Barack Obama’s recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick as head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) marks a new low in his destructive presidency, and that is saying something! After forcing the Orwellian … Continue reading

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Richard Amerling Discusses Berwick Appointment on Radio

Dr. Amerling appeared on Doug Groff show.

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New Rules by Czar Berwick, Chief Denier and Redistributor of Medical Care

By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Transformer-in-Chief Obama is rolling right over Congress to appoint his pick to head CMS, the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, without opening a discussion of the New health care agenda. Dr. Donald Berwick is … Continue reading

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Obamacare’s Impact on Doctors

This video from the Heritage Foundation features AAPS member, Martha Boone, M.D.

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Should Physicians Serve the State or Their Patients?

Clare Gray, M.D. of Physicians for Reform talks with Michael Ostrolenk about the long history of this philosophical debate which is not unique to our present time. Plato and Hippocrates argued about the proper role of medicine in the 4th Century B.C. … Continue reading

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Why the Government Cannot Control Medical Costs

By: Alieta Eck, MD From the patients in my office we can learn why Medicare and Medicaid cannot control costs. Neither the President, the Congress, nor learned journals are telling these stories. A spry, cheerful patient told me that she … Continue reading

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Tax Implications of ObamaCare

Ryan Ellis, Tax Policy Director of Americans for Tax Reform, discusses the 19 tax-increases and new taxes created by the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  Despite President Obama’s pledge to not increase taxes for families making less … Continue reading

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AAPS supports Health Freedom Act – H.R. 3395

Dear Representative, The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a national, non-partisan professional association of physicians in all specialties founded in 1943, supports H.R. 3395  “The Health Freedom Act”. Health Freedom Act – Prohibits the federal government from preventing the … Continue reading

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ObamaCare, Tried in Greece, Leads to Bankruptcy, Rioting & Bloodshed

By Alieta Eck, MD SCROLL DOWN TO COMMENT AND WATCH INTERVIEW WITH DR. ECK. Some people learn from others’ mistakes, and some have to “learn the hard way.”  Will America follow the lead of countries who have actually tried their … Continue reading

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Health Reform by Cloward and Piven

Listen to interview with Dr. Amerling from June 6, 2010

By: Richard Amerling, MD May 24, 2010 Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven were Columbia University sociologists who founded, in 1966, the National Welfare Reform Organization, a “parent … Continue reading

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Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

By George Watson, D.O. The Congressional Budget Office announcement May 11, 2010, that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) would cost, over the next ten years, $115 Billion more, brings the total cost over $1 Trillion.  Imagine—Congress and the … Continue reading

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As Illegals Take, Are Americans Free?

By Alieta Eck, MD We do not have “universal health care.” We have mandatory free “health care for the universe.” A middle-aged woman came to our local emergency room, suitcase in tow, complaining of a severe headache and diminished vision. … Continue reading

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Why I Will Not Take Medicare Money or “How Russ the Plumber got Flushed”

By Jane M. Orient, M.D., My reason for not accepting government money is a letter dated Feb 4, 1974, the year I graduated from medical school. My father, who owned a small contracting business, thumb-tacked it over his desk, to … Continue reading

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Miracle on Page 327

By: Alieta Eck, MD, Piscataway, NJ   “We have to pass the health care bill, so you can find out what’s in it,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.   It’s a good thing doctors don’t practice medicine that way. Imagine … Continue reading

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What ObamaCare Is All About

By Alieta Eck, M.D. Now that Obamacare is the law of the land, we have been promised health care for all, higher quality, better access, lower premiums – all with a decrease in the deficit.  These promises defy common sense, … Continue reading

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Why Patients Need to Opt Out of Third Party Health Insurance

Click Here to Listen to Discussion with Dr. Amerling. By Dr. Richard Amerling If the mandate to buy insurance survives constitutional challenges, individuals should consider defying the mandate and not purchasing insurance.  Why is opting out a sound idea for … Continue reading

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A Forrest Gump Look at Healthcare Reform

By Dr. George Watson In the movie, Forrest Gump, Forrest (Tom Hanks) said, “Mama always said, ‘Stupid is as Stupid does.’” How could one better describe the “historic vote” of the House of Representative on March 21, 2010? Here are … Continue reading

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ObamaCare: Advancing the Destruction of America

By Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D. On March 21, 2010, our country witnessed a Bolshevik moment, whereby our U.S. Constitution was trampled and utterly violated by those for whom the ends justified the means.  If Obamacare is allowed to stand, the … Continue reading

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Talking Points, AAPS Sues in D.C. to Overturn the Health Care Bill

The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (“AAPS”) sued on March 26th to invalidate the massive health care bill, which passed the House by only 4 votes on a party-line vote (with 34 Democrats voting against it). Forcing patients to … Continue reading

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Physicians and Patients Should Opt-Out of ObamaCare

Richard Amerling, M.D.,  author of the Physicians’ Declaration of Independence, discusses why and how patients and doctors should refuse to participate in Obamacare.

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Physicians Speak Out – Hope for Healthcare Freedom Still Alive

Over 700 people filled the room to capacity on Thursday evening to hear 3 AAPS physicians speak about efforts to keep medical freedom alive despite ObamaCare being signed into law.  The “How to Stop ObamaCare” Rally was sponsored by Americans … Continue reading

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AAPS member on Neil Cavuto – “Will Not Comply”

AAPS member Linda Johnston, MD wrote her patients on Tuesday following the signing of the health care “reform” bill.  Her letter read in part: “I am responding to the situation created by this new law by exercising my right not … Continue reading

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Opting Out of the Third Party System Will Save The Patient-Doctor Relationship

by Richard Amerling, MD Now that the Senate version of ObamaCare is moments from becoming the law of the land, we need strategies to safeguard the doctor-patient relationship from government intrusion.   The most effective approach is for both patients and … Continue reading

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Physicians Urged to Declare Independence from Government, Other Third Parties

The Single Party finally bought enough votes to get the Senate-passed healthcare reform through the House, but its victory celebrations may be premature, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). AAPS has been a voice for independence of … Continue reading

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Dems Ditch “Deem & Pass”; Tell them To Dump the Entire Bill!

The President is speaking to the House making a final push to pass his dangerous health care reform bill.  It is urgent that we make every effort to push back.   The people spoke up and told the Democrats that “Deem and Pass” … Continue reading

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The CBO: Just What Doctor Obama Ordered

Not too surprisingly, “CBO gives Obama just what he wanted.” What is surprising is that the headline is not from a conservative political publication but from the front page of a mainstream, left-of-center urban daily newspaper, The Arizona Daily Star. … Continue reading

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“Reconciliation” bill out & House Democrats in Disarray.

“Reconciliation” bill out & House Democrats in Disarray. Help Keep Them That Way! House Democrats “are in disarray” according to Congressman Mike Pence and are still 5-10 ”yes” votes short. They were forced to release an incomplete CBO analysis this morning in their desperate … Continue reading

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A Right to Health Care? Wrong!

by AAPS Director, Richard Amerling, MD Years of debating liberal friends and colleagues has brought me to an understanding: This question is at the core of the debate. The absurd notion of a “right” to health care underlies the movement … Continue reading

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Reconciliation Bill Posted

Reconciliation Bill Posted CLICK HERE TO READ Dems defeat effort 222-203 to force separate vote on Senate Bill: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/87683-dems-defeat-gop-effort-to-force-separate-vote-on-senate-health-bill   Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad says unlikely the Senate will be able to pass a health care reconciliation bill unchanged … Continue reading

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NO OFFICIAL CBO ESTIMATE – PRELIMNARY CBO Estimate is $940B over 10 years.

House Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan (WI) issued the following statement: “The Congressional Budget Office has confirmed that there is currently no official cost estimate.  Yet House Democrats are touting to the press – and spinning for partisan gain … Continue reading

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The Toxic Slaughter “Up or Down” Process

The proposed charade is not the “up-or-down vote” the president says he wants. Of course, he is demanding an “up” vote, not a “down” one. This is how the Slaughter/reconciliation procedure would work to deliver it. We have a Senate … Continue reading

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On Tuesday – Call, March & Honk Against Healthcare Takeover

Patients and physicians are descending on the US Capitol Tuesday to let Congress know that they do not want the massive government-run plan that Pelosi, Pres. Obama, and Reid are trying to force through this week.  For more information visit http://www.americangrassrootscoalition.org/ and … Continue reading

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A KISS to Congress and the President

By:  Dr. George Watson, President, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) All Americans should be familiar with the KISS principle—Keep It Simple, Stupid!  But it is past time for Congress and the President to employ this principle.  So I … Continue reading

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