Tag Archives: Colorado HB 10-1330

Your medical privacy at risk: CO’s All Payer Claims Database

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

“Enjoy your medical privacy while it lasts. As supporters claim, they cannot ‘manage’ your health care, unless they can ‘measure’ it.” – Amy Oliver Continue reading →

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Colorado among states with opt-out options for health information exchanges

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

Maine joins 8 other states in allowing patients to opt out of gov’t health information exchanges, including Colorado. Government tracking of doctors’ treatment methods is a step toward government control of doctors. Continue reading →

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Colorado’s health “information exchanges” threaten your medical privacy

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

Colorado doctors will be participating in government sponsored “information exchanges,” that create electronic medical records from patient data. The Denver Post reviews past incidents when supposedly confidential information was not secure. Continue reading →

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Health information technology: benefits and problems

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

For those interested in Colorado politics ( Colorado HB 1330) and medical privacy, check out this summary of a recent study by published by the National Center for Policy Analysis. Although many proponents discuss the perceived benefits of health information … Continue reading →

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Colorado HB 1330 threatens your medical privacy

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Watch Jon Caldara, Linda Gorman, and Amy Oliver discuss how ObamaCare and Colorado HB 1330 threaten your medical privacy. Part 1is about ObamaCare’s mandatory insurance and new taxes. Part 2 discusses HB 1330, which puts your medical history into a … Continue reading →

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Are your medical records secure?

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From Debora C. Peek of Patient Privacy Rights in the Wall Street Journal: … President Barack Obama said that his administration wants every American to have an electronic health record by 2014, and last year’s stimulus bill allocated over $36 … Continue reading →

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Colorado HB 10-1330: All-payer data base makes your medical history transparent

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Linda Gorman, director of the Independent Institute’s Health Care Policy Center, summarizes this bill and how it’s bad for Coloradans. Here’s a list of her main points: What the Bill Does: Gives the Executive Director of Health Care Policy and … Continue reading →

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