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February 13, 2009
Stimulus Bill Promises to Ration Medical Treatment and Call it "Effective Care."
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February 10, 2009
The economic stimulus bill passed by the U.S. Senate today will threaten the lives, security and privacy of American citizens, says Citizens' Council on Health Care (CCHC).
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January 29, 2009
Nine Families Sue State of Minnesota
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January 15, 2009
We are disappointed that the Governor did not assure the public that he will protect the genetic privacy rights of children and families. Unfortunately he did not state that he will require his health commissioner to comply with the Minnesota genetic privacy law's consent requirements for the storage, use and dissemination of baby DNA. And importantly, he did not assure the public that he will not sign the health department's proposed bill to eliminate those consent rights that in law today.
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December 10, 2008
Despite Governor Pawlenty’s veto of the health department’s DNA warehousing bill last legislative session…we have confirmed that the Minnesota Department of Health is continuing to warehouse baby DNA without parent consent. This is a direct violation of the genetic privacy and DNA property rights of parents and children
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November 19, 2008
Mr. Obama's choice for Secretary of HHS signals a plan to eliminate free-markets and resurrect national health care.
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October 22, 2008
Congress must dismiss the data industry's apparent call to centralize, nationalize and socialize private medical information. American privacy rights must be protected from those who wish to impose corporate agendas including unconsented data sharing, patient and doctor profiling, health surveillance, research, and industry profiteering
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September 29, 2008
Revealing the untold history of government-mandated PKU testing, which has harmed children and increased the incidence of mental retardation, the CCHC report also cites the concerns of experts regarding the current expansion of newborn genetic testing by state legislatures and health departments.
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July 31, 2008
Americans should contact their U.S. Senators to oppose S.1693, the "Wired for Health Care Quality" Act, according to Citizens' Council on Health Care (CCHC). A vote is expected today in the U.S. Senate.
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May 20, 2008
"Patient data is private data. No patient's private medical and mental health should be placed online and made electronically available nationwide without that patient's informed written consent," says Twila Brase, president of CCHC.