PRESS RELEASES
Press Release Archives
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2009
06/29/09:
President Obama Implies Support for Health Care Rationing...But Avoids Using the Word
06/25/09:
MN Health Plans Begin Sending Private Medical Records to State's Data Warehouse in Maine
05/19/09:
SUCCESS: Citizen Efforts Protect Genetic Privacy Law
05/15/09:
Parent consent for storage and use of newborn DNA should be required
05/08/09:
Citizens Petition Governor Pawlenty to not Repeal Genetic Privacy Rights
05/05/09:
Will the MN House Vote to Repeal Genetic Privacy Rights at Birth?
04/29/09:
NEWBORN GENETIC SCREENING: The New Eugenics?
04/08/09:
MN Senate Committee Says NO to Bill that would Repeal Genetic Privacy Rights
03/24/09:
House Committee Votes to Exempt Newborn Citizens from Minnesota's Genetic Privacy Law
03/11/09:
Nine Families Sue State of Minnesota over Genetic Privacy Violations
Background/Pending Legislature on Baby DNA in Minnesota
02/24/09:
Minnesotans Tell State Health Officials: Hold a public hearing!
02/13/09:
Stimulus: What Transparency? Scramble, Scribbles, and Obstruction
02/13/09:
Final Economic Stimulus Bill Permits Americans' Personal Health Information to Be Sold for Research and Public Health Purposes WITHOUT Patients' Consent
02/13/09:
CCHC Report on Economic Stimulus & Patient Rights
02/10/09:
Stimulus Bill Promises to Ration Medical Treatment and Call it "Effective Care."
01/29/09:
CCHC releases "Newborn Rights" notification to assist parents of new babies during hospitalization
01/15/09:
CCHC Urges Governor Pawlenty to Take Positive Action
2008
12/10/08:
CCHC calls on Governor Pawlenty to require health department compliance with state genetic privacy law for baby DNA
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To Contact Governor Pawlenty
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11/19/08:
Daschle pick signals Obama's plan to resurrect national health care
10/22/08:
National Patient ID Would Violate Patient Privacy Rights
09/29/08:
CCHC Releases New Report Challenging State Newborn Screening Programs
07/31/08:
"Wired Act" Threatens Patient Care and Privacy
06/17/08:
Eight Reasons Why Governor Pawlenty Should Veto the "Health Care Reform" Bill - SF 3780
05/20/08:
MEDNET USA's Linking of Private Patient Data to National Health Information Network is a Violation of Privacy and Data Control Rights
CCHC Diagram of Record Locator Service (RLS)/Master Patient Index
What CCHC said in 2007 about the Record Locator Service
2007 House votes on RLS (middle two columns)
05/20/08:
Gov. Pawlenty Protects Genetic Privacy Rights Vetoes "DNA Warehouse" Bill
05/15/08:
CCHC Asks Governor to Veto Baby "DNA Warehouse" Bill
Open Letter to Governor Tim Pawlenty - Baby DNA Bill
05/14/08:
CCHC Delivers Pile of Petitions & Bunch of Business Cards to Governor Pawlenty
05/13/08:
Less than Perfect: Governor Pawlenty's Health Care Reform Veto
04/17/08:
MN House votes unanimously to gut the Minnesota Genetic Privacy Law
04/09/08:
CCHC Asks President Bush to Veto National "DNA Warehouse" bill, S. 1858
04/01/08:
MN Senate votes to warehouse all newborn citizen DNA for genetic research without parent consent
03/31/08:
CCHC Asks Gov. Pawlenty not to balance the budget on the backs of the sick
03/27/08:
CCHC tells Gov. Pawlenty thank you
03/21/08:
CDC gives $38.1 million to build intrusive patient monitoring system
03/13/08:
TODAY: CCHC to testify in opposition to legislation that legalizes a State "DNA Warehouse" and allows genetic research on children without consent
01/31/08:
CCHC Issues Citizens' Report of Dissent on Governor's Health Care Transformation Task Force Recommendations
01/17/08:
Minnesota's Adverse Events Reporting System: Unnecessary Diversion of Dollars from Patient Care
2007
12/14/07:
March of Dimes Award to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is a Political Ploy
12/11/07:
MN GOP's Health Care Reform Proposal is the Right Message for Patients and Privacy
10/16/07:
Governor Pawlenty’s Letter Reveals Plan to Eliminate Current Genetic Privacy Protections from
Baby DNA
Letter From Governor Pawlenty
10/04/07:
National Children's Study Exploits Children;Threatens American Freedom and Industry
09/27/07:
Governor Pawlenty Heads Down Wrong Road with Health Commissioner Finalists
09/12/07:
MN Health Department Yanks Baby DNA Rule to Avoid Judge's Parent Consent Requirements
09/10/07:
THREAT TO PATIENT PRIVACY: The Minnesota Health Information Exchange
08/15/07:
Governor Pawlenty Failing to Act on Illegally Obtained Baby DNA
07/24/07:
CCHC Press Release, July 24, 2007
07/12/07:
CCHC Press Release - 7/12/07
07/23/07:
Federal Proposal Threatens Patient Privacy and Patient Consent Rights
05/11/07:
CCHC Sends Letter to Governor Pawlenty
05/09/07:
CCHC, Citizens, and Legislators Ask Governor & Legislative Leadership to Protect Individual
Healthcare Rights. CCHC asks that five "NOT" provisions not be found in next HHS bill.
04/24/07:
Quality measurement and pay-for-performance have major flaws, say speakers at World Health
Care Congress
04/19/07:
CCHC Asks Governor Pawlenty to Withdraw the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Legislation
04/10/07:
Baby DNA Rule - Judge Supports Genetic Privacy Rights; Orders State Health Department to
Correct "Defects"
04/10/07:
Letter from Chief Administrative Law Judge
04/10/07:
Key Rule Defects in Need of a Cure
03/16/07:
MN Health Committee Tables Online Medical Records Bill after CCHC Testifies
01/17/07:
CCHC's Reaction to Governor Pawlenty's SOTS Address...and Today's MDH Adverse Events Report
01/11/07:
CBO Says: Free Market Can Negotiate Better Drug Prices than Government
01/08/07:
CCHC Action Forces MN Dept of Health to Hold Public Hearing on Revision of Newborn Genetic
Testing Rule
2006
12/11/06:
Publishing Physician Death Statistics Threatens Patient Access to Innovative Care
11/14/06:
CCHC Responds to Governor Pawlenty's Speech on Mass. Health Plan
10/20/06:
Stolen Allina Medical Records: Just the Tip of the Privacy Breach Iceberg
10/03/06:
Candidates for MN Governor have been Advised to Respond to Speaking Invitation by Sat.,
October 7
09/29/06:
Minnesota Hospital Price Check: Comparing Apples and Oranges
09/14/06:
Federal Judge Says Parents Must Submit Children to State-Sponsored Genetic Testing at Birth
08/31/06:
CCHC Asks Federal Group to Send Better Health Policy Recommendations to Congress
08/22/06:
President Bush's Executive Order Intrudes on the Patient-Doctor Relationship
08/07/06:
Blue Cross Blue Shield Database is "Big Health Surveillance"
07/31/06:
CCHC Says: "The Public should protest Govenor Pawlenty's QCare initiative"
06/02/06:
CCHC Resolution on Parent Consent for Newborn Genetic Testing Added to 2006 MN
Republican Platform
05/17/06:
CCHC Hails Defeat of MN Senate's Prescription Electronic Reporting System
05/11/06:
Minnesota House Says Yes to Government Medical Decision-Making and Tracking Bureaucracy
05/02/06:
More Patients Refuse to Sign Release of Medical Information Forms
04/10/06:
CCHC Calls on Governor Romney Not to Sign "HillaryCare" into Massachusetts Law
03/09/06:
Minnesota Governor Needs Better Health Care Agenda
02/15/06:
MN ADVERSE EVENTS REPORT 2006: Excellence of Care Comes Through
02/09/06:
Congress to Gut State Medical Privacy Laws?
01/26/06:
Pro-Privacy View Excluded from Today's e-Health Privacy Discussion at MN Health Department
01/17/06:
CCHC ASKS: "Where's the Beef in Legislative Hearings on Health Care Solutions?"
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