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December 07, 2018 09:39 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Corruption Widespread in Medical Industry, States the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Of the more than $3 trillion dollars per year spent worldwide on health services, an untold amount is drained through corruption, according to the...
December 07, 2018 08:48 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

How to Lower Healthcare Costs: Advice to Congress from AAPS President Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D.

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Health-related costs have soared from about 5 percent of the average household’s annual spending in 1984 to 8 percent now, writes Marilyn Singleton,...
December 07, 2018 08:43 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Re-analysis of CDC Data Suggests Need for Further Investigation on MMR Vaccine and Autism, according to Article in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As early as 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had data showing an increased rate of autism diagnoses in black male...
December 07, 2018 08:25 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Physician-Assisted Death and Lifeboat Ethics Pre-empt Oath of Hippocrates, States the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) or physician-assisted death (PAD) are now receiving strong public support, writes Jeffrey Hall Dobken, M.D., M.P.H.,...
October 29, 2018 09:17 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Medicare for All Would Crash the System, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicare for All is a popular issue with voters, and the “Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act” has attracted 123 sponsors, all Democrats. In a...
September 28, 2018 10:01 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Medicaid Expansion Could Harm Rural Healthcare, States Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicaid expansion is on the November ballot in a number of states that have sizable rural populations, including Nebraska, Idaho, and Utah, as...
September 10, 2018 12:13 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Medicare Brought Federal Involvement in Medicine, according to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Promoted as simply a way to help the elderly pay their medical bills, Medicare has led to the federal government controlling the practice of...
September 10, 2018 12:01 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Direct Primary Care Popular with Patients and Physicians, according to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 200 physicians attended a Direct Primary Care Summit sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the energy in the...
September 06, 2018 10:00 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Now That McCain Is Gone, Will Republicans Repeal ObamaCare, Asks the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The late Senator John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) defiant “thumbs down” gesture, defeating the Republicans’ last attempt to keep their (and his) campaign...
August 24, 2018 15:17 ET | Source: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

American ‘Healthcare Voters’ Are Deceived about the Real Problems, States the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recent polls show that “healthcare is the No. 1 issue for voters,” writes Robert Pearl in Forbes. Their concerns are quite valid, states the...