OT: Feds want to drop protection of privacy regarding medical data

[Glenn Williams]

OK - here's what we'll do:  let's publish the medical records of the 
President and his cabinet and their family members as a trial of the 
proposed policy change, and then we'll see how it goes from there...

Regards,

Glenn

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On Thursday 21 March 2002 10:41 pm, you wrote:
> The Bush administration proposed today to drop a requirement
> at the heart of federal rules protecting the privacy of
> medical records. It said doctors and hospitals should not
> have to obtain consent from patients before using or
> disclosing medical information for the purpose of treatment
> or reimbursement.
>
> Full story:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/politics/22PRIV.html?0321na5
>
> Apparently, the insurance industry gave more than a sh!t load of
> money to the GOP... So much so as to entice the Bush administration
> to attempt to violate the US constitution. I am absolutely disgusted.
>
>
> Peck
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