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Rep. Tom Huntley (D-Duluth), MN House Chamber, 5/11/06

CCHC Analysis of Massachusetts "Universal Coverage" Bill [PDF]




National and Federal

  •    CCHC Analysis of Proposed U.S. House Plan to Abolish State Medical Privacy Laws
  •    State of the Union: Bush Administration's Health Care Proposal Details

    Minnesota Legislature:

  •    CCHC Hails Defeat of MN Senate's Prescription Electronic Reporting System
  •    Minnesota House Says Yes to Government Medical Decision-Making and Tracking Bureaucracy (5/11/06)
  •    Why Patient Consent Should be Required for the Governor's Genetic Research Proposal
  •    Dictated Practices: Legislators remove decisions from the hands of patients/doctors.
  •    Minnesota's Health Care Provider Tax - $1.6 billion and rising
  •    Minnesota's Plan to Collect Patient Medical Records
      
    Votes

    CCHC Featured:

  •    CCHC discusses privacy, autonomy and consumer-driven health care - the St. Paul Pioneer Press, 3/23/03

    Notable Articles:

  •    U.S. Health Care is First-Rate, Not 37th Best: Countering the W.H.O. Myth
  •    17 Troubling Medicare Facts
  •    What Privacy? - The Top Five Violations of the Federal Medical Privacy Rule
  •    Employer-sponsored Coverage Breeds Waste - published in St. Paul Pioneer Press
  •    Finding Coverage Gaps in Health Insurance Policies: Ten Tips
  •    Blame Congress for HMOs - published in Congressional Record



    Consumer-Driven Health Care
    Dietary regimen for consumers
    Evidence-Based Medicine and "Best Practices"
    Genetics and Unconsented Genetic Testing
    MinnesotaCare 2% Provider Tax
    Health Care Rationing
    Patient Privacy and Medical Confidentiality

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    Barry Straube, MD, Acting Chief Medical Officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaking at CCHC's annual policy event, November 10, 2005

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    "Evidence-Based Medicine" Challenged


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