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AAPS President-Elect Lee Hieb, M.D. educates FreeDomain Radio’s Stefan Molyneux.

To be considered at 67th Annual Meeting September 2010. Resolution on Repeal of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act WHEREAS, the federal government has no authorization to dictate the practice of private medicine; WHEREAS, the federal government has no power … Continue reading →

To be considered at AAPS 67th Annual Meeting, Sept. 2010. Mandatory Maintenance of Certification Whereas: physicians are among the nation’s most rigorously trained professionals, and Whereas: requirements for maintaining the skills needed to serve their patients vary greatly depending upon … Continue reading →

Mr. Hedgecock had Adam Dorin, MD on to talk about the event on Aug. 7.

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AAPS director Richard Amerling, M.D. debates the ramifications of ObamaCare with Tim Alford, M.D. the President of the Mississippi State Medical Society on Supertalk Mississippi radio.

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Listen to interview with AAPS Director Richard Amerling, M.D. from last week on KBMW:

by Richard Amerling, M.D. Contemplating how we got to ObamaCare brings to mind the L. Frank Baum classic Wizard of Oz. Both require the complete suspension of disbelief in favor of magical thinking and the bestowing of God-like abilities to … Continue reading →

Listen to AAPS member Richard Amerling, M.D., a nephrologist practicing in New York City and author of the Physicians’ Declaration of Independence, explain how the most effective approach for inviduals to protect themselves from government intrusion into their health care … Continue reading →

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AAPS, this evening, is faxing all members of Congress with the message below.  If you have the capacity to fax, please send a similar message or a message of your own before the vote scheduled for Sunday, March 21st sometime after 1:00 pm … Continue reading →

“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 money, that’s when they put … Continue reading →

For immediate release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Withdraw the healthcare bill and start over. That’s the message in a letter sent today to Sen. Harry Reid from a national physician association representing doctors in all specialties. The Association of American Physicians … Continue reading →

Get ready for fight in Senate! Thank you to all of you who kept the pressure on Congress yesterday with your phone calls, email, and faxes.  The fight is not over.  We are going to need your help to fight … Continue reading →

Washington, D.C. – Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) made the following remarks tonight during debate of H.R. 3962, Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care.    

AAPS Board Member Juliette Madrigal-Dersch, MD and AAPS Director of Policy and Public Affairs on the House Republican’s 12-hour webcast.

AAPS Director of Policy and Public Affairs Kathryn Serkes was on the ground November 5th, at the Capitol for the “House Call on Congress” event and reports the crowd between 20-25 thousand.  She interviewed doctors, nurses and others who attended.

We know that most Members of Congress won’t read the bill,   but our doctors did! This week we had doctors across the U.S.A. reading the bill and posting their comments about it. Also, we held a LIVE reading room … Continue reading →

The 1990-page of camouflage in the House “health care reform” bill (H.R. 3962, a.k.a. NancyCare) can hide a lot of provisions that would melt in the light of day. Here’s one, described as “blowing a kiss to trial lawyers”: Section … Continue reading →

AAPS doctors ask, Is he having trouble finding supporters? WASHINGTON, DC — One of the doctors who will NOT be standing behind the President today is one of his most vocal opponents. But he would have been there if the … Continue reading →

Dear AAPS Action Team: Please contact your Representative (Find your Representative www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml) (Congressional Switchboard- 202-224-3121) and ask him to cosponsor H.R.  2629  “`Coercion is Not Health Care Act’  H.R. 2629 does not allow for any federal requirements for health insurance … Continue reading →

On June 26, a narrow margin of 219 to 212, the U.S House of Representatives passed a “cap and trade” bill, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, or Waxman-Markey bill. The 1,200-page bill is said … Continue reading →

In his campaign speeches and recent talk to the AMA, Obama promised that all Americans would “be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves.” The proposed Kennedy bill, the Affordable Health Choices Act, … Continue reading →

CMS asks that you share this important information with all of your association members and State and local chapters.  Scam Alert CMS has become aware of a scam where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare … Continue reading →

AAPS Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Kathryn Serkes, was featured on Fox Business News again this week with host Stuart Varney. The topic: has the AMA turned around on health care reform? WATCH THE VIDEO and post your comments … Continue reading →

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) has begun circulating what Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) calls a “draft of a draft.” The proposal is called “the same old tired ideas we have fought against for many years” by … Continue reading →

EVENT ADDED TO “POLITICS & YOUR PRACTICE” ON JUNE 5 AGENDA & RSVP   If you were on the fence about attending the AAPS briefing and dinner in Dallas this Friday, don’t hesitate to RSVP right away.   AAPS has … Continue reading →

SET YOUR TIVO or VCR:   Fox Business Channel (FBN) 1-2 pm EDT   Stuart Varney will interview Kathryn Serkes, AAPS Director of Policy and Public Affairs on his Fox Business News show (FBN) regarding the impact of health care … Continue reading →