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The latest iteration of Democrats’ “health care reform” legislation, dubbed NancyCare, is the longest so far, 1990 pages. Basically it is the same as H.R. 3200.
Provisions can be broadly categorized by effect: tax increasing, cost increasing, choice decreasing, hassle increasing, wealth redistributing, and growth punishing. (more…)
The Tea Party Express is making another trip cross country, and this event promises to be even bigger than the last. Wayne Iverson, M.D., a newly elected AAPS director and coordinator of our California chapter, saw them off in San Diego. See his amazing photos and read his report here: www.aapsonline.org/ca-tea-party-express.html. (more…)
Watch online WED. Oct 28, 2009
If the Democratic Congressional committee chairs won’t hold hearings about health care reform bills, then the Congressional GOP doctors will!
On Wednesday, October 28th, 2009, the GOP Doctors Caucus will host a hearing to examine what physicians and economic experts think about the impact of healthcare legislation put forth by Congressional Leadership in the House of Representatives and Senate. (more…)
Some states are passing laws to expand the powers of public health authorities to force people to submit to mass immunizations: for example, Pennsylvania House Bill 492 and Massachusetts (WorldNetDaily 10/12/09).
But public health campaigns to get everybody immunized against both seasonal influenza and swine flu (novel H1N1) are running into opposition. (more…)
We thought you might like to see their press release and analysis of the bill.
Many prominent members of Los Angeles County Medical Association are members of AAPS. We congratulate them for their successful effort! (more…)
AAPS has joined with 18 other groups representing millions of members to oppose Senate Bill 1776, the “Medicare Physician Fairness Act,” also known up on the Hill as the “Doc Fix.”
This bill is just a blatant effort by Senate Democrats to shuffle money around so that they can say the main health care reform bills do not increase the deficit. (more…)
Medicare is immensely popular, has very low administrative costs, is already a working model,… it is said: Why not just have Medicare for all?
At one time, calling Medicare “socialized medicine for the elderly” caused stunned silence in the Congress. Now, if one opposes “socialized medicine,” at least one listener is bound to dare you to say you’re opposed to Medicare. (more…)
We constantly hear that the United States is the only nation in the “developed,” or “industrialized” world (we no longer say “civilized” world or “free” world) that doesn’t have taxpayer-funded medical care for all. (more…)
In a telephone call to clergymen, also broadcast over the internet, Obama dismissed the concerns of opponents of his health agenda as “fabrications.” Dissenters were making up allegations about death panels, government funding of abortions, and a government takeover of medicine, he said, because they want to “discourage people from meeting…a core ethical and moral obligation…that we look out for one another…that I am my brother’s keeper” (Commentary by Star Parker 8/25/09). (more…)
Let’s do it again Tuesday with emails!
Watch Fox News Channel at 9:15 am EDT Tuesday
So many of you called the White House on Monday that the lines were jammed. Some of you report hold times of 20 minutes, and at other times, the lines were down. (more…)