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Article: Access to your medical records - legislation proposed.
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 Center for Medical Consumers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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As it stands now, insurers, employers, bureaucrats, researchers, health maintenance organizations, and hospital personnel have greater access to your medical records than you do. Only about half of the states grant people the right to see their own medical records, and those living in the states permitting access report difficulties in receiving copies.
Things could be changed radically by new legislation called the Medical Records Confidentiality Act of 1995, now under consideration by the Senate. All Americans would, if passed, have access to their own medical records by Federal mandate. The sponsors of the new legislation say it will establish strong and effective ...