American Medicine Slammed to Further Political Agenda, Doctors Write

Tucson, Ariz. - Claims that American medicine is unsafe, inferior, and too costly are simply false, though constantly cited by proponents of universal, government-funded care, write physicians in the winter issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. There are many reasons why a former sultan of Brunei and two Canadian premiers, among many others, came to the U.S. for medical treatment, writes orthopedic surgeon Lee Hieb, M.D., immediate past president of the Association of of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). http://www.jpands.org/vol16no4/hieb.pdf One measure of