bill to give Feds all our personal medical info]

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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 () well com>
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
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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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