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**You Have Until June 14th to Save Your Medical Privacy**

Though he’s been out of office for over three months now, Clinton and his
policy of big government is still alive and well in the Whitehouse. Moreover, President Bush seems content to pick up where Clinton left off in raping the medical privacy of Americans.

President Bush has decided to implement the dreaded Clinton medical
privacy regulation, which the former president hurriedly submitted before leaving office. The regulation was sold to the American public as “privacy protection” and promised to “safeguard patients’ medical records.” In fact, it does the exact opposite. While it’s no shock that Clinton would drape egregious policy in a bald-faced lie, it is a little surprising that Bush would follow in kind.

The so-called “privacy” regulation actually forces physicians to turn confidential medical records over to the Federal government (specifically, the Health and Human Services Dept.). This is done without patient consent. The Feds will then store your sensitive medical information on a massive database to be shared with whomever, at the discretion of faceless bureaucrats. Of course, the government claims that your records will be “protected” and “kept in confidentiality, only to be used to expedite billing procedures.” Yeah, right. Just like your social security number has been kept “confidential” all these years. In addition, this new regulation is expected to cost the health care industry $18 billion over
the next ten years—a cost that will be passed on to you.

But easily the most frightening aspect of this new governmental control over your medical records is that it is one big piece of Hillary Clinton’s beloved socialized medicine puzzle.

The only hope that is left for medical privacy in America is Rep. Ron Paul’s “Medical Privacy Protection Resolution” (H. J. Res. 38). If passed, this resolution would overturn this horrendous regulation and save your medical records from Federal control. Since it’s already signed into law, Rep. Paul ’s resolution needs to pass the House and Senate within 60 legislative days—specifically, by June 14th—in order to render the new regulation null and void.

We must strike fast and hard!

**Action to Take**

1. Call and fax your Representative, REPEATEDLY, and demand that he or
she stand up for your right to medical privacy by supporting the Medical
Privacy Protection Resolution (H. J. Res. 38). Capitol Hill House Switchboard: (202) 225-3121.

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