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Subject: fwd: [Med-privacy] bill to give Feds all our personal medical info
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:37:31 -0800
From: Jim Warren <jwarren@xxxxxxxx>
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
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I assume this would not become part of the administration's latest
version of TIA -- it's Total Information Awareness, mass
data-collection, citizen-surveillance program. At least not
initially. But who knows? --jim
At 1:13 PM -0800 02/13/2006, Peter Marshall posted to the med-privacy
list (List-Archive:
<http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/med-privacy/>):
>Nancy Johnson has introduced a bill that would let the Feds get
>control over your medical records, regardless of what state law
>might have to say on the matter.
>
> Not surprisingly, it has some folks madder 'n heck.
>[...]
>
> The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons isn't any too
>happy either.
>
>"We call for restraint in passing a law that would fast track the
>creation of a national health information system," said Jane Orient,
>M.D., head of AAPS, in a letter to lawmakers.
>
>"The only parties who will benefit by forcing technology on medicine
>by top-down central planning that actually risks an end to the
>advancement in information technology, will be the government,
>certain third party payers, lawyers and information technology
>companies," she said.
>
>"Patients will definitely not benefit from this type of program
>because they do not control who has access to their sensitive
>identifiable medical records in any meaningful way."
At 1:15 PM -0800 02/13/2006, Peter Marshall wrote:
>US Congress To Gut State Medical Privacy Laws?
>11 Feb 2006
>
>Saint Paul, Minnesota--Congress has latched onto legislation to
>create a national health information system: the Health Information
>Technology Promotion Act of 2005 (HR 4157). However, Citizens'
>Council on Health Care (CCHC) says the legislation- and the plan- is
>not the good idea it's portrayed to be.
>
> CCHC has published a chart, including analysis of the bill language
>and implications for the public if HR 4157 passes, click here to see
>it.
>
> "This bill gives the federal government complete control over
>private medical data. It advances a national health surveillance
>system - a system where the patient's data is shared, assessed,
>analyzed, collected, and used without the patient's consent or
>knowledge," said Twila Brase, president of CCHC.
>
> She clarified, "If this bill passes, there will be no virtually no
>escape for the public. The so-called federal medical privacy rule
>(HIPAA) eliminated patient consent requirements. This bill allows
>the federal government to gut stronger state privacy laws. Together
>they will lead to the end of personal and medical privacy for all
>American citizens."
>
> "This legislation is not supported by citizens," argued Brase.
>"It's not supported by patients. No doubt, the only ones who will
>support it are those who want free and easy access to patient
>data-without any worry about being sued."
>
> Brase said the bill will:
>
> -- gut strong state medical privacy laws.
>
> -- lead to national patient tracking and identification numbers.
>
> -- build an intrusive and expensive federal bureaucracy.
>
> -- impede frank communication between patients and doctors.
>
> -- leave no patient behind.
>
> To read the bill, search bill text under "HR4157" at http://thomas.loc.gov
>
>Citizens' Council on Health Care is a non-profit, independent health
>care policy organization that supports free-market ideas in health
>care.
>
> Citizens' Council on Health Care
> 1954 University Ave. W, Ste. 8
> St. Paul, MN 55104
> 651-646-8935 ph
> 651-646-0100 fx
>http://www.cchconline.org
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