AAPS California Chapter Coordinator, Wayne Iverson, MD

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Dr. Wayne Iverson, San Diego physician and candidate for the US House of Representatives in the California 52nd Congressional District, today commented on the surprise announcement from Washington, D.C. “The abrupt resignation of Don Berwick as the head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) signals a dramatic shift in this nation’s healthcare policy.” The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into law in March of last year as the Obama Administration’s efforts combined with a highly partisan 111th Congress attempted to gain full US government control over private health and medical care in this country. Donald Berwick was handed the top spot in the Medicare Administration during a Congressional recess because of his interest and expertise in government-controlled single-payer healthcare systems. This appointment circumvented Congress, which could have blocked the appointment because of the controversial provisions contained in PPACA. According to Dr. Iverson, “as Berwick vacates this post so goes the Administration’s plans for government-mandated universal healthcare coverage.”

Obamacare has been unraveling in recent months as the nation does a reality check on the practical aspects of what such massive changes in healthcare will cost and what it will do to the traditional patient-doctor relationship. Already, key provisions in the new healthcare law have been declared unconstitutional in both a lower court and appeals court. The US Supreme Court last week consented to review whether Obamacare is constitutional and should be allowed to go forward as written or be canceled out in its entirety. Dr. Iverson said, “the changes at the highest level of the Medicare Administration indicates to me that a solid case for repealing PPACA by the US Supreme Court appears to be inevitable.”

Dr. Iverson went on to say, “Congress needs to continue making progress to get American healthcare back on track. The legislature needs to quickly pass a bill that provides for the immediate and complete removal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) provision in Section 1848 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. On January 1, 2012, SGR automatically forces an additional 27.4% cut in healthcare benefits to seniors by reducing payments to physicians.” The cut Dr Iverson mentioned is in addition to the automatic 2% cut which is a result of the failed efforts of the controversial Super Committee formed in August when the US debt ceiling was increased under massive protests across the country. According to Dr Iverson, “Congress can continue to do the important work of the legislative branch of the US government by preserving our seniors’ access to their physicians and medical care. The people’s Representatives need to do the work they were voted into office to do. Protecting our nation’s seniors and their healthcare with repealing SGR is in line with that duty and obligation.”

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Dr. Wayne Iverson Runs for CA 52nd Congressional District in Opposition to Obamacare, the ‘Un-Affordable’ Care Act

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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — San Diego physician and community leader Wayne Iverson, MD announces his candidacy for the US House of Representatives in the new California 52nd Congressional District. Dr. Iverson’s entry into this race comes after three years of successfully challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Dr. Iverson says that “we have been tracking the new healthcare reform law since President Obama’s first day in office. From the start, this federal law has been poorly crafted, it greatly over-reaches and it distorts the delivery of medical professional services.” Additionally Dr. Iverson said, “Obamacare is now being challenged at the highest legal levels in this country with doctors telling the US Supreme Court that this government controlled healthplan is harmful to patients and is unconstitutional.” The latter message was conveyed in an amicus brief filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), an organization which Dr. Iverson serves as a board member.

Dr. Iverson graduated from Northwestern University Medical School and completed his residency training at Scripps Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Internal Medicine. During his professional career of 34 years he has been in private practice, active in medical professional organizations, volunteer faculty for the University of California San Diego (UCSD), and a Clinical Professor of Medicine. At Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla he established the institution’s Graduate Medical Education program and chaired the program for several years. Dr. Iverson’s experience also includes expertise in healthplan development and healthcare contracting when he served in the past as consultant to various hospital chains and managed care entities. According to Dr. Iverson, “The seriousness and the extent of the problems in Obamacare are obvious and the public deserves to have these problems addressed.”

Addressing the problems of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is precisely what Dr. Iverson has done. While the Bill was being voted upon by the US Senate, at AAPS Dr. Iverson and his colleagues did a complete read-a-thon on the Bill. Within days he arranged a candlelight vigil at the San Diego offices of US Senator Diane Feinstein in protest of that Bill that was passed under disheartening circumstances which included the notorious Corn Husker Kickback. “After that, we filed our own lawsuit against Obamacare in Federal Court in Washington D.C. just 3 days after President Obama signed the Bill into law,” said Dr. Iverson, adding, “and then I continued to take my concerns directly to the public in rallies, tea parties and town hall meetings.”

As a result of the 2010 US Census, new Congressional districts have been drawn throughout the country. Dr. Iverson actively supported his long-standing local Congressman, Duncan D. Hunter, but Hunter’s area was moved east of the new 52nd District, which currently does not have an incumbent. For over 20 years, Dr. Iverson has lived and had his medical offices in this area and considers this open new CA 52nd Congressional District as an opportunity to personally go to Washington, D.C. and continue to fight. According to Dr. Iverson, “The battle will be to have Obamacare repealed legislatively or revoked by the US Supreme Court, and replaced with new wholesome healthcare legislation. We need new legislation that doesn’t cost the tax payers trillions of dollars while removing 500 billion dollars from our seniors’ Medicare trust account.” Dr. Iverson sees his successful bid for the CA 52nd Congressional District seat an opportunity to serve his community by securing fiscally responsible, constitutionally sound healthcare reform.

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You’re Invited…

The Ramona Tea Party – Ramona Tea’d - is hosting a free screening of a new documentary that exposes the false promises made by ObamaCare through an examination of the failure of government medicine in Canada.

What happens when “the GOVERNMENT becomes your DOCTOR?”

Saturday November 5, 2011
12:30 pm -2:00 pm.

Where: Ramona Mainstage, 626 Main Street, Ramona, CA

To RSVP:

By email: WayneIverson2012@gmail.com

By phone: 858-674-4542

Wayne Iverson, MD will be presenting this movie and hosting an informal discussion before and after the film.  Dr. Iverson is a San Diego physician at Scripps La Jolla, OMSS Representative CMA, & AAPS Coordinator California Chapter.  http://www.CAAAPS.org

Producer Logan Darrow Clements shows what happens when “the government becomes your doctor” using licensed news footage from Canadian TV, interviews with doctors, patients, journalists, a health minister, a Member of Parliament, a doctor who went on a hunger strike as well the producer’s own Canadian relatives.  Clements even rents a hospital to show the mismatch between supply and demand in a medical system run by politicians.  SICK and SICKER puts ObamaCare on ice with cold hard facts from Canada.

Can’t attend?  You can watch a clip & buy your copy today at http://www.sickandsickermovie.com/

You’re Invited…

The Republican Women of Valley Center are hosting a free screening of a new documentary that exposes the false promises made by ObamaCare through an examination of the failure of government medicine in Canada.

What happens when “the GOVERNMENT becomes your DOCTOR?”

Wednesday October 12, 2011
6:00pm

Valley Center Community Center
28246 Lilac Road
Valley Center, CA  92082

 To RSVP:

By email: WayneIverson2012@gmail.com

By phone: 858-674-4542

Wayne Iverson, MD will be presenting this movie and hosting an informal discussion before and after the film.  Dr. Iverson is a San Diego physician at Scripps La Jolla, OMSS Representative CMA, & AAPS Coordinator California Chapter.  http://www.CAAAPS.org

The VCRWF will be serving light refreshments and encourage the public to attend what promises to be a very interesting and enlightening evening.

 For more information on the Valley Center Republican Women Federated or questions on the Free Healthcare Forum contact Delores Harmes at (760) 749-6555 or ValleyCenterRWF@cfrw.org.

Producer Logan Darrow Clements shows what happens when “the government becomes your doctor” using licensed news footage from Canadian TV, interviews with doctors, patients, journalists, a health minister, a Member of Parliament, a doctor who went on a hunger strike as well the producer’s own Canadian relatives.  Clements even rents a hospital to show the mismatch between supply and demand in a medical system run by politicians.  SICK and SICKER puts ObamaCare on ice with cold hard facts from Canada.

Can’t attend?  You can watch a clip & buy your copy today at http://www.sickandsickermovie.com/

The California Chapter of AAPS is pleased to learn that AAPS Board Member, San Diego physician, & AAPS California Chapter Coordinator, Wayne Iverson, MD, MBA has opened an Exploratory Committee for the New Congressional District in San Diego County that incorporates the area of Tierrasanta-Poway-La Jolla.

Doctor Iverson has long been an effective leader in the fight for physicians and patients and is now stepping up to explore the possibility of representing the newly formed Congressional district in southern California in which he works and resides.

Our nation’s doctors and patients are in desperate need of more effective advocates in DC who aren’t afraid to challenge the powers-that-be who’ve continually increased their bureaucratic stranglehold on U.S. medical care. With 202 lawyers in Congress and only 19 physicians it is no wonder that doctors and their patients are often on the losing side of DC policy-making.

At National Doctors Tea Party

Dr. Iverson co-founded the National Doctors Tea Party, with his San Diego colleague Adam Dorin, MD, to highlight physician opposition to the PPACA.  He and Dr. Dorin have energized and informed citizens by organizing and speaking at workshops, rallies, town halls, and even film screenings, across Southern California.

Please learn more about Dr. Iverson and his exploratory committee by visiting his websites and social media pages. Feel free to contact him with any comments, questions, and messages of support!

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AAPS California Chapter Coordinator, Wayne Iverson, MD

Last year President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as ObamaCare, amongst a flurry of protests and concerns about the burdensome costs and impossibilities of complying with the regulations. Within months, large corporations demanded waivers while small business are left scrambling to meeting compliance under the new federal healthcare reform law. Individuals have seen their insurance premiums automatically increase 15-20% in 2010. The insurance companies claim they have to start charging more now because in years to come they will have more costs under the new law. So onerous and disruptive to the American way of life, over half of the states in America filed lawsuits challenging PPACA. Judge Vinson issued his final ruling on the lawsuit in Florida, agreeing with the attorneys representing 26 states and declared ObamaCare to be unconstitutional.

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) are new entities spawned under ObamaCare that provide for any hospital inpatient service to be paid as a single lump sum to an administrative body. This entity will then in turn pass a portion of the money on to the hospital, doctors and ancillary healthcare providers rendering services during an individual’s hospitalization. Dr. Wayne Iverson, who has hospital attending staff privileges, holds an MBA and is an expert in healthplan development, says, “The new law establishes an expensive new administrative body that has all the functions and operating costs of an HMO without the safeguards HMOs have under state and federal law. With payments to hospitals and doctors already at very low insolvency levels, this additional drain will precipitate a financial crisis in the medical community.”

In San Diego County every major hospital system, except for the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center, is in the process setting up an ACO for their medical centers. One such multi-hospital system tried to establish an analogous administrative body over 10 years ago just to meet competition in the market place. In doing so, they spent millions of dollars in development which were completely wasted when the project closed down and the chief executive officer (CEO) was fired from his position. Dr. Iverson recently attended a medical staff meeting where plans for setting up an ACO were detailed. Dr Iverson said, “It was like having deja vu. The ACO promoters have a lucrative new project they can bring to the medical center, but it is not financially sustainable, and it ignores the fact that the ObamaCare has been declared unconstitutional.”

During the past two years the country has suffered from the poor US economy and measures passed by the last US Congress and signed by the President. With ACO development well underway the medical community is wasting millions of dollars on regulations that will be squashed. Whether it is a major medical center gearing up to have an ACO or individuals paying higher insurance premiums, it is hard to believe that our legal system allows an unconstitutional healthcare reform law to continue to drain the money from people in the United States.

The US Congress is currently struggling with reducing the historic budget deficit. Dr. Iverson concluded, “Our nation’s leaders and particularly our nation’s legal system should focus on saving the medical community and the community at large from wasting any more money chasing regulations promulgated under the decidedly unconstitutional ObamaCare.”

AAPS Director Meets Joe Miller

SAN DIEGO, California, Apr 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For the past two years, ordinary American citizens from all walks of life rose up and marched under the banner of the Tea Party movement. The full force and effect of this movement was seen by a dramatic shift in the political power structure in Congress after the November 2010 elections. The far left in Washington and the liberal elite media failed to denigrate honest mom and pop American citizens with names like “tea baggers” and “astroturf”, and by calling them “racists”. The march continues with the added focus on fighting voter fraud.

Dr. Wayne Iverson recently attended the True The Vote National Summit 2011 on March 25th and 26th in Houston, Texas, which was attended by approximately 150 people from 27 States. According to Dr. Iverson, “America’s battle for fair and honest elections is well underway. It is obvious that the same folks who were so passionate about how things are run in Washington have the same energy and determination to make certain voter fraud does not occur.”

The topics discussed at the National Summit included the reasons we need photo voter ID, how to analyze voter roll integrity and what steps are needed to insure election process integrity. Presentations were made by well known knowledgeable speakers including Catherine Engelbrecht, John Fund, Warner Todd Huston, Andrew Breitbart and Christian Adams. The audience heard  the research findings on variances found in the Texas voter rolls and the illegal processes used during the vote recount in the Minnesota Senate election in 2008. Iverson said, “We now are seeing wide spread education about the current methods used to corrupt the election process. As a result of the American public’s vigilance and insistence, strictly following election laws and procedures will be the new standards at polling places.”

The fact that grass roots Americans will be fighting this battle on their own has become obvious as well. The Whitehouse has not shown an interest in pursuing voter fraud or election irregularities. This came to light most dramatically when the US Attorney General’s office decided not to press charges for well documented incursions at a polling place in Philadelphia.

Once again, Americans are coming together in organizations like the King Street Patriots of Texas and the Minnesota Majority from the state of Minnesota to help lead the battle for fair and honest elections.