EPA's "Particulate Matter" Rule is Cargo Cult Science, Doctor States
March 03, 2014 10:42 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., March 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Extremely costly rules that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is imposing on industry, especially users of diesel engines, have no sound...
Patients Should Avoid "Re-Certified" Physicians, Plastic Surgeon Suggests
March 03, 2014 10:31 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., March 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Although he supports board certification, which signifies successful completion of a rigorous training program, board-certified plastic surgeon Kenneth...
Are Eligible Patients Forced to Use Medicaid, Asks the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
February 18, 2014 10:32 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) sent the following letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and...
Abortion Case in North Dakota Should Not be Settling in Secret, Urges the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
February 14, 2014 15:31 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) deplores the cancellation of the trial this week by North Dakota Attorney General Wayne...
ObamaCare Survey by Association of American Physicians and Surgeons: Doctors and Patients Unhappy
January 20, 2014 09:09 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The public relations campaign that is being waged by both advocates and opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "ObamaCare") is largely a war of...
Case of "Brain-Dead" Mom Raises Many Questions, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
January 16, 2014 12:24 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The battle between the state of Texas and the family of Marlise Machado Muñoz about discontinuing life support to a "brain dead" pregnant woman...
Doctor Asks Whether Social Security is an Illegal Ponzi Scheme, in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
December 12, 2013 12:27 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conservatives sometimes describe Social Security and Medicare as Ponzi or pyramid schemes. Dermatologist Richard Swint, M.D., of Paris, Texas, explores...
Doctor Explains How to Know When the Price is Right, in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
December 12, 2013 12:26 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicare sets prices periodically through a convoluted bureaucratic process that involves secret meetings by a select AMA committee, writes G. Keith...
Healthcare is Not an Insurable Risk, States Doctor in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
December 12, 2013 12:20 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While "healthcare reform" efforts are focused on the goal of "universal coverage," they are misdirected if, as surgeon Ralph Butz, M.D. states in the...
Vermont a "Petri Dish" for Nationwide Single Payer, According to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
December 11, 2013 10:40 ET | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vermont has experimented with healthcare reform for a long time, and now for the first time vast amounts of federal money are being sunk into the...