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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: j g cordes who wrote (240833)	3/22/2002 7:24:16 AM
From: j g cordes	Respond to of 769670

On a serious note, the inconvenience of individual consent which galls insurers, drug companies, pharmacists and medical establishments.. has lobbied the administration into attempting to change privacy laws regarding medical records and proceedures. Unless you make your voice heard on this subject, eventually your DNA and your children's DNA fingerprint will become a profile shared by insurers and employers. This new law overturning the 2000 Privacy Act changes "consent" to "inform." You're informed of something after it happens.. consent prohibits it from happening until you sign the dotted line. "March 22, 2002 Bush Acts to Drop Core Privacy Rule on Medical Data By ROBERT PEAR ASHINGTON, March 21 — The Bush administration today proposed dropping a requirement at the heart of federal rules that protect 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. The proposal, favored by the health care industry, was announced by Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, who said the process of obtaining consent could have "serious unintended consequences" and could impair access to quality health care. The sweeping privacy rules were issued by President Bill Clinton in December 2000. When Mr. Bush allowed them to take effect last April, consumer advocates cheered, while much of the health care industry expressed dismay. Today's proposal would repeal a provision widely viewed as the core of the Clinton rules: a requirement that doctors, hospitals and other health care providers obtain written consent from patients before using or disclosing medical information for treatment, the payment of claims or any of a long list of "health care operations," like setting insurance premiums and measuring the competence of doctors. The proposal is to be published in the Federal Register next week, with 30 days for public comment. The government will consider the comments and then issue a final rule, with the force of law."

To: j g cordes who wrote (240833)	3/22/2002 8:22:27 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Anti-matter huh?....after nearly 30 years of freaking marital bliss, i am very familiar with the phenomenon without having a proper name for it....seems anti-matter is at play on this thread more often than not.....the norm seems to be either attack or figure out how to say the other side is totally wrong(which they are...wink) instead of trying to pick some kernels of corn out of the fecal matter that might lead to common ground..... A time honored response of "Yes Dear"...to a lot of these posts would gain as much traction and require a lot less work....