AAPS Adds to Lawsuits

By Matt Hawes

Joining with states all across the country, the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is the first doctor’s group to sue to overturn Obama’s health care legislation.

From their press release:

“If the PPACA goes unchallenged, then it spells the end of freedom in medicine as we know it,” observed Jane Orient, M.D., the Executive Director of AAPS. “Courts should not allow this massive intrusion into the practice of medicine and the rights of patients.”…

The PPACA requires most Americans to buy government-approved insurance starting in 2014, or face stiff penalties. Insurance company executives will be enriched by this requirement, but it violates the Fifth Amendment protection against the government forcing one person to pay cash to another. AAPS is the first to assert this important constitutional claim….

Read the rest of the press release here and click here for even more information.  (Thanks to N.S.)