Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

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Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Right-wing political group founded in 1943 to oppose a proposal then in Congress that would have provided universal health care for Americans. Since that success, AAPS has opposed the establishment of Medicare/Medicaid as "evil" and "immoral", suggested that the FDA's existence is unconstitutional, publicized the discredited notion that vaccines cause autism, promoted false claims linking abortion and breast cancer, opposed the 2009 Affordable Care Act and later sued the government in an attempt to block enactment of the ACA, and questioned the consensus of medical research linking HIV to AIDS and studies linking human activity to climate change.

Official Website:
http://www.aapsonline.org/

Founding Date:
1943

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John Cooksey Politician 20-Aug-1941 Congressman from Louisiana, 1997-2003

Rand Paul Politician 7-Jan-1963 US Senator from Kentucky

Ron Paul Politician 20-Aug-1935 Former Congressman from Texas

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