-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mc@Topica. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:21 PM Subject: [MC] Medical privacy bill > > Unbelievable. New federal "privacy" regulations mandate that doctors turn > patient records over to the HHS and other federal agencies for > "safekeeping"; allow the release of medical records to other government > agencies without patient consent for unspecified "public health" > surveillance activities; and permit law enforcement agencies to access > medical records without a search warrant. Contact your congressperson now to > support Rep. Ron Paul's medical privacy bill. > > > http://www.lp.org/lpnews/0106/medprivacy.html > > Rep. Ron Paul's medical privacy bill picks up eight more House co-sponsors > > > A bill filed by Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) that would repeal new federal > "privacy" regulations has picked up eight more co-sponsors over the past > month -- while the Libertarian Party's cyberpetition in support of the > legislation has garnered another 4,000 signatures. > > Since mid-April, when the LP refocused its medical privacy campaign to > generate support for HJR 38, Paul's resolution has picked up six > Republicans, one Democrat, and one independent supporter. The bill now has > 11 co-sponsors. > > In addition, the number of signatures on the cyberpetition -- at the > Libertarian Party's pro-privacy website, www.DefendYourPrivacy.com -- > against the so-called privacy regulations had hit 58,255 by May 18, up from > 54,130 a month earlier. > > "Our campaign is definitely picking up momentum," said LP National Director > Steve Dasbach, who is helping coordinate the campaign. "We still have an > uphill battle, but we're making definite progress." > > However, he said, time is short: Both the House and Senate must pass HJR 38 > within 60 legislative days in order to stop the Health & Human Services > privacy regulations, which would force doctors to turn their patients' > confidential medical records over to the government. > > "In other words, we only have until about June 15 to generate enough > Congressional support for HJR 38 to stop this federal raid on our medical > privacy," said Dasbach. > > HJR 38 would declare that the HHS rules "have no force or effect." > > The Libertarian Party opposes the HHS regulations -- which were originally > drafted by and endorsed by the Clinton administration -- because they would > effectively "kiss your medical privacy goodbye," said Dasbach. > > Although touted by government officials as "medical privacy" regulations, > the rules would actually mandate that doctors turn patient records over to > the HHS and other federal agencies for "safekeeping"; allow the release of > medical records to other government agencies without patient consent for > unspecified "public health" surveillance activities; and permit law > enforcement agencies to access medical records without a search warrant. > > The rules would also assign every American a "unique patient identifier"; > allow foreign government officials to see Americans' health records if the > U.S. government claims it is for a "national health purpose"; and give > direct marketers access to medical records without patient consent. > > The regulations are opposed by the Washington, DC-based Institute for Health > Freedom, the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), > WorldNetDaily.com columnist Geoff Metcalf, and others. > > The party started a campaign against the regulation in late March, using its > www.DefendYourPrivacy.com website. > > At that time, the regulations were still in the proposal stage, so the party > encouraged people to contact their Congressional representatives and ask > them to put pressure on HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson to reject the rules. > > The party generated more than 43,000 e-mails opposing the rules while, at > the same time, Americans flooded the HHS with 24,000 anti-regulation > letters. > > However, on April 12, President George W. Bush quietly ordered Thompson to > ignore the outpouring of complaints, and implement the regulations > immediately. > > "More than 67,000 Americans spoke out against these regulations -- but their > opinions were ignored by the Bush Administration," said Dasbach. "That's why > we had to go to Plan Two, and try to block the regulations through the House > and Senate." > > To sign the petition and send an e-mail to your U.S. House representative > and U.S. Senator urging support for HJR 38, visit: > www.DefendYourPrivacy.com. > > "If these rules aren't stopped, your medical privacy will be in critical > condition," said Dasbach. > ======================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh,, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ======================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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