Anyone interested in Medical Privacy? I guess there is still time to sign a petition.
Go to www.nite.org and become enlighten about INCOME TAXES. ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Liberty Committee" <[email protected]> To: "Liberty Activist" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:42 AM Subject: Medical Privacy: copy of press release > March 22, 2001 > > > Dear liberty activist, > > Here's a copy of a press release we sent to the media today via > U.S. Newswire. > > If you haven't already signed the petition, please do so today. > http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/medprivacypetition.htm > > Kent Snyder > The Liberty Committee > http://www.thelibertycommittee.org > > > ********** > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Thursday, March 22, 2001 > Contact: Kent Snyder of The Liberty Committee, 703-241-1003 > Web site: http://www.thelibertycommittee.org > > > -- "Medical Privacy" Doesn't Mean Privacy In Washington -- > > "Washington's dirty little secret is out -- the so-called 'final federal > medical privacy rule' recently announced by the federal government > gives us less privacy, not more," stated Kent Snyder of The Liberty > Committee. > > Section 160.310: Grants the U.S. Department of Health and Human > Services access to a person's medical information without his consent > or a warrant. > > Section 164.512: Grants many third parties access to a person's medical > information (including genetic information) without his written, > informed, non-coerced (as in "sign away your right to privacy or we will > deny treatment") consent. > > Sections 164.502 and 164.506: The U.S. Department of Health and Human > Services has the ultimate authority to decide who can access your > medical records without your informed consent. > > "The truth is that laced throughout the 367-page federal medical privacy > rule are provisions that actually give a patient less control over his > own medical records than he currently has. At the same time, these > regulations give federal, state, and local governmental agencies -- > along with insurance companies, HMOs and others -- more access > and more control than the patient himself has," Kent Snyder stated. > > Reacting to growing public concern, U.S. Department of Health and Human > Services Secretary Tommy Thompson reopened the comment period on these > deceptive "privacy" regulations. Unfortunately, in order for a > citizen's comment to be acceptable, it must follow guidelines as to form > and content -- thus ensuring that many well-meant and deeply felt > concerns will be discarded as simply not in compliance. As a public > service, The Liberty Committee is providing a free on-line petition that > meets the guidelines for comments and reminds Washington what the true > definition of "privacy" is. > > The petition can be found at > http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/medprivacypetition.htm . > > The Liberty Committee is a nationwide, grassroots organization of over > 51,000 Americans whose goal is to defend and advance liberty by > restoring our national government to its constitutional limitations. > > -30- > ********** > > > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
