The Bush administration proposed today to drop a requirement at the heart of federal rules protecting 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.
Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/politics/22PRIV.html?0321na5 Apparently, the insurance industry gave more than a sh!t load of money to the GOP... So much so as to entice the Bush administration to attempt to violate the US constitution. I am absolutely disgusted. Peck _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
