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You Have Until June 14th to Save Your Medical Privacy
April 26, 2001 Volume 4,
Issue 3
Though he’s been out of office for over three months now, Clinton and
his policy of big government is still alive and well in the White House.
Moreover, President Bush seems content to pick up where Clinton left off
in raping the medical privacy of Americans.
President Bush has decided to implement the dreaded Clinton medical
privacy regulation, which the former president hurriedly submitted before
leaving office. The regulation was sold to the American public as
"privacy protection" and promised to "safeguard patients’
medical records." In fact, it does the exact opposite. While it’s
no shock that Clinton would drape egregious policy in a bald-faced lie, it
is a little surprising that Bush would follow in kind.
The so-called "privacy" regulation actually forces physicians
to turn confidential medical records over to the Federal government
(specifically, the Health and Human Services Dept.). This is done without
patient consent. The Feds will then store your sensitive medical
information on a massive database to be shared with whomever, at the
discretion of faceless bureaucrats. Of course, the government claims that
your records will be "protected" and "kept in
confidentiality, only to be used to expedite billing procedures."
Yeah, right. Just like your social security number has been kept
"confidential" all these years. In addition, this new regulation
is expected to cost the health care industry $18 billion over the next ten
years—a cost that will be passed on to you.
But easily the most frightening aspect of this new governmental control
over your medical records is that it
is one big piece of Hillary Clinton’s beloved socialized medicine
puzzle.
The only hope that is left for medical privacy in America is Rep. Ron
Paul’s "Medical Privacy Protection Resolution" (H. J. Res.
38). If passed, this resolution would overturn this horrendous regulation
and save your medical records from Federal control. Since it’s already
signed into law, Rep. Paul’s resolution needs to pass the House and
Senate within 60 legislative days—specifically,
by June 14th—in order to render the new regulation null and void.
We must strike fast and hard!
**Action to Take**
1. Call and fax your Representative, REPEATEDLY, and demand that he or
she stand up for your right to medical privacy by supporting the Medical
Privacy Protection Resolution (H. J. Res. 38). Capitol Hill House
Switchboard: (202) 225-3121.
2. Click here:
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