MEDIA RELEASE
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
For Immediate Release
Stimulus Bill Promises to Ration Medical Treatment
and Call it "Effective Care."
HIPAA's "no privacy" rule combined with the proposed national online
health data system and $1.1 Billion in "comparative effectiveness"
research poses a serious threat to patients
Minneapolis/Saint Paul – 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).
"Government officials want to define "effective" care and make sure patients don't get anything else. If a patient wants or needs care that is not government certified as "effective," it will not likely be available. This will be the end of ...
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