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<blockquote data-quote="Sportello" data-source="post: 4473197" data-attributes="member: 55299"><p>AAPS is a political advocacy group.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#Positions" target="_blank">Association of American Physicians and Surgeons - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>AAPS is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-Rouse-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> and <span style="color: #ff0000">its positions are unorthodox and at wide variance with federal health policy</span></strong></span>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-WaPoPrice-9" target="_blank">[9]</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> summarized their beliefs as "doctors should be autonomous in treating their patients — with far fewer government rules, medical quality standards, insurance coverage limits and legal penalties when they make mistakes".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-WaPoPrice-9" target="_blank">[9]</a> It opposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act_of_1965" target="_blank">Social Security Act of 1965</a> which established <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" target="_blank">Medicare</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid" target="_blank">Medicaid</a> and encouraged member physicians to boycott Medicare and Medicaid.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a> The organization requires its members to sign a "declaration of independence" pledging that they will not work with Medicare, Medicaid, or even private insurance companies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-MJ-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>AAPS opposes mandated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_medicine" target="_blank">evidence-based medicine</a> and practice guidelines, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_movements" target="_blank">opposes abortion</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-counter_drug" target="_blank">over-the-counter</a> access to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_contraception" target="_blank">emergency contraception</a> and opposes electronic medical records.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-MJ-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sportello, post: 4473197, member: 55299"] AAPS is a political advocacy group. [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#Positions"]Association of American Physicians and Surgeons - Wikipedia[/URL] [I][SIZE=6][B]AAPS is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-Rouse-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] and [COLOR=#ff0000]its positions are unorthodox and at wide variance with federal health policy[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-WaPoPrice-9'][9][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post']Washington Post[/URL] summarized their beliefs as "doctors should be autonomous in treating their patients — with far fewer government rules, medical quality standards, insurance coverage limits and legal penalties when they make mistakes".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-WaPoPrice-9'][9][/URL] It opposed the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_Act_of_1965']Social Security Act of 1965[/URL] which established [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)']Medicare[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid']Medicaid[/URL] and encouraged member physicians to boycott Medicare and Medicaid.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] The organization requires its members to sign a "declaration of independence" pledging that they will not work with Medicare, Medicaid, or even private insurance companies.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-MJ-11'][11][/URL] AAPS opposes mandated [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence-based_medicine']evidence-based medicine[/URL] and practice guidelines, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_movements']opposes abortion[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-counter_drug']over-the-counter[/URL] access to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_contraception']emergency contraception[/URL] and opposes electronic medical records.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons#cite_note-MJ-11'][11][/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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